Benedict Cumberbatch – Flaunt Magazine
On his motto: “I personally believe that heaven is on earth. That’s one of the mottos I live by: dance as though no one is watching you, love as though you have never been hurt before, sing as though no one can hear you, live as though heaven is on earth.”
On playing real life Alan Turing in The Imitation Game: “It makes me very angry that the establishment actually then deigned to posthumously apologize or forgive him. I mean the word ‘forgiveness’? The only person who ought to be using the word forgiveness is Alan Turing [Turing was granted a "royal pardon" for his sexual persuasion in 2024]. His behavior didn’t need pardoning.”