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Jason Bateman

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SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

No, I think...

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

I think a bit, yeah.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

Am I really doing this?

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

Yeah, I am doing it.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

You know, there were moments when I thought, okay, sage advice from ones who know, but I'm going to do it differently.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

I think I've got a different way into this.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

And I don't know that it will be different.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

And in fact, really all I wanted was what they have, which is a career and respect from their peers and having a good time doing a job they love.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

You know, and that's what a great way to live your life.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

Yeah, yeah.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

You were chasing the right thing.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

So, you know, my way of doing it differently was perhaps going, okay, well,

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

The things that you've done, I don't know, but I knew I was throwing it to the wind and I knew I was chancing it, but I think the moment I thought I can't really not do this is when I got serious about A-levels before going to college.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

a university in England, obviously.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

And yeah, I met a lot of lawyers who were saying, look, turn back now.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

People who were doing bar exams or people who had made it into being part of a chambers or even people practicing going, it's just, it's really pretty hard.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

It's an oversubscribed profession.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

It's very... Being a lawyer.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

Yeah, you're only as good as your last case.

SmartLess
"Benedict Cumberbatch"

I thought, that sounds very familiar.