Benedict Cumberbatch Reading Quotations

My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had in my head from the written word. It gave me a passion for reading, thanks to my dad's performance of the book.

I've been reading the books. It's the origination, it's the primary source. You should always go back to the books.

I had a very sparse comic upbringing - not because I was being whipped into reading [Anton] Chekhov and [Charles] Dickens, but I read Asterix on holidays when I was a kid, and Tin Tin was featured, I remember, for a few years.

Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to.

I'd shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it's the same with that [reading].

Being in front of an audience makes me feel alive. Being with friends makes me feel alive. I’ve done some crazy stuff in my time and yet I can feel infinitely alive curled up on a sofa reading a book. So, what makes me feel alive? I guess it’s realizing I am part of the world around me.

I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.