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[role Of Dr.strange] Gives Me An Excuse As An Actor To Be Learning With My Character, Which Is Something You Can Do Authentically - I'm Not A Martial Arts Expert, I'm Certainly No Sorcerer, So All These Things, The Movement Of The Body, The Physicality, The Changes He Goes Through Mentally And Physically, Obviously We're Not Shooting In Sequence, But It's A Great Part.

My First Agent Dissuaded Me From Calling Myself 'cumberbatch.' I Had Six Months Of Not Very Productive Time With Her, So I Changed Agents. The New One Said, 'why Aren't You Using Your Family Name? It's A Real Attention-grabber.' I Worried, 'how Much Is It Going To Cost To Put My Name In Lights?' But Then I Decided That's Not My Problem.

I Had To Imagine Myself Into Certain Aspects Of [julian Assange] Character For Our Version Of Events. That Involved Extrapolating Based On Clues In His Biography, His Public Persona, Photographs, And Other Accounts Of Him By People Who Encountered Him During That Extraordinary Period From 2007 To 2010 That We Charted In The Film [the Fifth Estate]. So, It Involved A Lot Of Research But, Sadly, No Contact With The Man Himself.

It's Difficult Because Nothing's Preordained By Plan And You Can't Control It. That's One Of Those Joys And Thrills And Nerve-racking Realities Of Being An Actor. A Lot Has To Do With Luck, No Matter What Your Talent Or Contribution Can Be.

I Had The Privilege Of Being Able To Choose, Or At Least Have The Opportunity To Work At, Being Anything But An Actor.