As an actor, the only thing you have is your instinct and your imagination. — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn't work out how to make ends meet. — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm doing stage, I want to be doing screen, and vice versa. — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
Prior to doing a 'Bond' film, I was a young actor doing classical theater and some BBC dramas. Then, suddenly, I was… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
Actors don't listen to each other. You're so obsessed with what you're saying or doing that the other person could be talking… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
You can't learn how to act; you can only really learn it through experience and practice and really finding what your voice… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
Places like the National Theatre or Sheffield, these great engines of theatre, make us cutting edge because they can be experimental. They… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
Screen is satisfying because it's so technical and mysterious. It's like playing roulette: you get a script, you think it's either great… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
That's the privilege of being a grandparent - they can indulge the children while parents have to be the bad guy. Grandparents can also… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
I remember going to the cinema to watch 'Blade Runner' when I was 14 or 15. It was a huge flop when it came… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
They sent me the script, and I was dubious at first. I said, 'Lost in Space? They're reviving that? They tried to do that… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
I would love to be in a Jimmy McGovern drama on TV, but there is no way he would ever ask me unless it… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
I love Scotland, mainly for its landscape. I like walking, and it's a great place to go hiking. — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
I'm fair-skinned, so beaches are a bit boring for me. I'm either smeared in lotion or under a shade. However, I do love the… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm doing stage, I want to be doing screen, and vice versa. — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
If you're going to reboot something, reboot it in a totally original way that speaks to a new generation. — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
I blub all the time, in the most weird situations - not in the ones that should make me cry. Music makes me very… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn't work out how to make ends meet. — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
My parents' parents were regular working-class people. I ended up speaking in a certain way, and one gets sidelined into doing certain parts. I… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
When I met with Anna Chancellor, I knew she was a kindred spirit. We got one another. — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
