It Still Makes Me Giggle That I'm

The Story [in 12 Years A Slave] Serves As A Metaphor For The Fear Of Having Your Family Taken Away, And For Being Abused In Such A Horrific Way. I Lost It A Lot Of Times Watching That Film, Particularly When Seeing The Grace Of The Man When He Finally Makes It Back Home Aged, Changed, Forever Brutalized, And Yet He Apologizes To His Family For His Long Absence. That Was Such A Profoundly Moving Moment Capturing The Triumph Of Dignity Over The Disgraceful Behavior Of Those Involved In The Slave Trade.

We All Want To Escape Our Circumstances, Don't We? Especially If You Are An Actor.

There's A Huge Amount Of Footage Of Julian [ Assange] Online, But He's Usually In Presentation Or Defending Mode, Talking About His Cause, Or The Revelations Which Wikileaks Have Brought About. There's None Of Assange Relaxing Or In Private Mode. There's None Of The Personality I Tried To Give Him Behind Closed Doors [in The Fifth Estate ].

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.

My Assessment Of Julian Assange Is A Professional One, Really, Of What He's Managed To Achieve, And The Idea That He Came Up With, Which Set The World Alight And Continues To Inspire Others Like Snowden [nsa Leaker Edward Snowden], About The Secret Goings-on That Are Done In Our Name With Our Tax Dollars On Behalf Of Big Business Or Politics. He Launched The Revolutionary Idea That Citizens Can Start To Claim Back A Paradigm For Questioning Power Structures And Those In Authority Through An Anonymous, Whistle-blowing Website.