“'Frankenstein' was all about the idea that, through electricity and the destruction of night, man creating light and darkness, we took on god-like powers and then abused them like gods, and we are only men. That's a story about man making a man in his own image. The inversion of natural order.”

English actor

Benedict Cumberbatch is an English actor. Born in 1976, he has built a career across stage, television, and film, and has 93 quotes on the site. He has received a British Academy Television Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. He has also been nominated for two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globes. In 2014, Time named him among the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015 he was appointed a CBE for services to performing arts and charity.