本尼迪克特——英国版ELLE杂志的摄影师马克·霍恩正在为他拍摄照片——目前正与苏菲·亨特交往，但是他承认，由于自己是明星，两人之间的恋爱关系变得有点复杂了。这位英国演员在英国广播公司出品的热门英剧中扮演主角，然而，对那些沉迷于剧中角色的女子（还有男人）来说，非常悲剧的是，剧中的侦探总是毅然决然的拒绝各种美人计，以免在调查案件时受到干扰。下面是从这期ELLE杂志中摘录的本尼迪克特访谈语录。

　　Sherlock’s sexuality: “He’s asexual for a purpose. Not because he doesn’t have a sex drive, but because it’s suppressed to do his work. Cold showers, looking at a lot of dead bodies… that’ll do it for you.”

　　夏洛克·福尔摩斯的爱情：“他是有意做出心如止水的样子的。这并不是因为他没有爱欲，而是因为他必须压制自己的爱欲才能好好工作。冲个冷水澡，多看看那些死人的尸体……这样就能抑制自己的欲望了。”

　　On playing geniuses in both The Imitation Game and Sherlock: “It [genius] is a very rich canvas to work with as an actor. Turing is so different to Sherlock. There’s a real subtlety about him; his flourishes aren’t flamboyant, he doesn’t think of himself that highly.”

　　关于他如何在《模仿游戏》和《神探夏洛克》中同时扮演两个天才：“对一个演员来说，扮演一个天才确实并不容易。图灵与夏洛克非常的不同。他是一个很有涵养的人，他很有才华，却并不炫耀，他并不认为自己高人一等。”

　　"I don’t know why Bendy keeps getting asked to compare and contrast Alan Turing and Sherlock Holmes. It seems like a very tired line of questioning. But I could listen to him talk about Sherlock’s sexuality all day long."“我不知道为什么人们老是要我拿阿兰·图灵和夏洛克·福尔摩斯两个人相互类比和对比。这些问题没有什么新意。不过我倒是愿意花一整天时间好好说说夏洛克的爱情观。”

　　The future: “I can imagine I’ll look back at this point in my life and think, ‘Wow that was really extraordinary’. But at the same time I hope I’m looking back and going, ‘Oh, that was the moment I got on with life and realized things beyond myself’. Without using words like ‘marriage’, ‘children’ and ‘family’ – although I have just used those words – put it this way: I hope I’ve got other people to look back with me at that point. I hope I’m surrounded by family.”

　　关于未来：“我能想到，当我会回忆此刻的生活的场景，我会这样想，‘嗯，那时我干的不错！’ 但同时，我也希望我会回忆着此刻的生活，想到‘正是在那个时候，我翻开了人生的新一页，意识到我对生活赋有的责任”。我不会谈到“结婚”、“孩子”、“家人”等等——虽然我刚才就用了这些词——这么说吧：‘我希望到那个时候，有人可以和我一起回忆往事。我希望家人会陪在我的身边。”