I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown.

The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.

I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.

Every time you see a black romance, it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.

Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.

Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.

I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

You know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man seek and destroy.

It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'

It's difficult because nothing's preordained by plan and you can't control it. That's one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.

I think with any characterization there's a point where you empathize, no matter how much of a deviance his or her actions may be from your understanding of humanity.

It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.

Every job is incredibly different, and I love it because you're picking up skill sets and experiences. It's the university of life.

I have an appetite for the normal in my life, as well as the abnormal.

To get a horse to hit a mark without a rider, to get it to stand up, to get it to rear, to get it to pick up a bucket and bring it over is amazing. It's hard work and very rewarding but can be dangerous.

I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.

I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.

I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.

The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.

If I'd had fame early on, I'd have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.

There's no shame in stealing - any actor who says he doesn't is lying. You steal from everything.

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.