“As a teenager, I didn’t want to be me; I wanted to be many different people. Maybe I realized that they all lived inside me and that if I managed to connect with them, they would become aspects of me.”
SHERLOCK CHALLENGE — day twenty-two: favorite actress » Una Stubbs
“[The boys] love shocking me, but it doesn’t shock me. They’ve forgotten I was in the Folies Bergère, I was a chorus girl for years; I’m not a nun. So they wait for what I come back with, which is more disgusting, probably.”
SHERLOCK CHALLENGE — day twenty-one: favorite actor » Benedict Cumberbatch
“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.”
“Ever since I can remember, acting is what has made me feel free, entirely, It really makes me emotional, but it’s really where I’m happy hands down. Between ‘action’ and ‘cut’ is where I feel like me completely. That’s where my energy comes from. That’s my greatest high.”
