Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes

We finally sat down and asked ourselves how much of our lives we wanted to give everybody. We had just given a little too much, and it started to become a burden.

I have so many friends and obligations, and I want to go out and support people. But we eat at home.

Well, my life is so centered around the people I care about, my animals, and my work.

I focus on very few things in life - my work, my family, my friends. Those things are important to me and I pay good attention to them, and everything else just comes and goes.

I tune it all out because if I let other people's stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.

That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.

I know that I won't succeed at everything, every day. Some days have to be solely about my daughter. Some days I really try to be a good wife. Other days, I can take a few hours for myself and just do nothing but really focus on work.

And love makes one calmer about many things, and in that way, one is more fit for one's work.

I try not to take things too personally, because most of the time, people aren't even thinking about anyone else but themselves.

How to be happy: Ignore people who think they know more about you than you do.

You know you have that zealousness of the young person that feels like you can go out and do it all. You know you save the world, save your gente, save women and before you know it if you try to do that you will burn out very quickly. My feeling is that I always think that and my advice to young people regardless of what times in these decades we've been living in there's always work to be done. The point is what can you do personally that you can live with so that you can get up the next morning and have the strength to start it all over again.

If you believe the good stuff that people say then you have to believe the bad stuff and then you allow yourself to be on a roller coaster of what other people think. So I think you try to find the good in the bad and the bad in the good and balance yourself and stay on an even keel.

I'm focused on football; focused on my family right now.

You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others.

Whenever I'm having a bad day and have an attitude, I stay home. I keep it at home.

If you nurture your mind, body, and spirit, your time will expand. You will gain a new perspective that will allow you to accomplish much more.

It's important to feel settled and balanced in life, and that has been tough for me to do.

Nobody's life is ever all balanced. It's a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.

My life is ruled by four W's: my writing, my work, my wife, and my whisky. Not necessarily in that order.

To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.

I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.

Relationships are important, but stay focused on all the things that are important. Figure out what you want.

My father told me you have two loves in your life: What you do and the people you're with.