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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.

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I got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was actually describing on twitter what I was doing. 'I took a shirt off, I went to the window, I put a shirt back on... ' And I've got blinds in my flat!

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The more charming person is the person who admits the other person is more charming.

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

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Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.

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I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.

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

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I was brought up in a world of privilege.

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Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

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I realised quite early on that, although I wasn't trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals.

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