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I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#actor #anything #being #choose #had

I was brought up in a world of privilege. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#i #privilege #up #world

One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised, there is nowhere for you to look any more. You can't sit on a night bus and watch it all happen. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#bus #fears #get #happen #having

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#challenging #comfort #comfort zone #fun #further

Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#choose #classically #done #dramatic #films

I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#choosing #come #connected #creep #ever

I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#comedies #i #like #more #than

I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#film #fly #get #i #i love

It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they? ↗

— Alan Cumming

#always #arkansas #boy #cannot #earth

Nowadays people don't know how to handle it if all the ends aren't tied up and they're not told what to think in films. And if they're challenged, they think it's something wrong with the film. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#ends #film #films #handle #how