Benedict Cumberbatch

I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem. ”

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've been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I've suddenly realised it is one of life's joys. ”

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road. ”

I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person. ”

New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say. ”

I was happy as an only child, but I've always wanted to be part of a bigger family. ”

Frankenstein' was all about the idea that, through electricity and the destruction of night, man creating light and darkness, we took on god-like powers and then abused them like gods, and we are only men. That's a story about man making a man in his own image. The inversion of natural order. ”

Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that. ”

When you see a good horseman, you're unable to tell where the instruction is coming from. It's like telepathy. ”