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Dan Stevens

(1982) Actor United Kingdom

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Dan Stevens is an actor from the United Kingdom, best known for 18 and Life.

Quick Facts About Dan Stevens

Born: October 10, 1982
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Actor
Notable works: 18 and Life
Known for: Downton Abbey, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Beauty and the Beast, The Call of the Wild, The Sea Beast

About Dan Stevens

Daniel Jonathan Stevens is an English actor. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2012). He also portrayed and voiced The Beast in Disney's live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017), and starred as David Haller in the Noah Hawley-created FX psychological thriller series Legion (2017–2019), for which he received critical praise for his performance.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Dan Stevens

At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was…

Age

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I've been exploring a lot of different avenues with a number of very different and very, very exciting filmmakers and writers. That's…

Different

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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People want to know…

And love

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I'm shocked at being recognized. You go to places you don't think you would be and still, you are. Taxi drivers often…

Drivers

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I've always enjoyed family movies anyway. And I grew up loving actors who could hop around and play in something very family…

Actors

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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

Dirty

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I don't think there's ever a right time to have kids. I'm actually pretty glad it's happened quite young.

Glad

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In the 21st century, I think it's fair to say, homosexuality is more accepted in Britain and it's wonderful that my generation…

21st century

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It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is…

Bad guy

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I don't think many people get to play big emotions in life.

Bigs

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"I've never see you do something like this before and I'd love to see you try." For a young actor, that's about…

Actors

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I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely…

Adopting

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It's great when somebody is able to communicate an actual shot sequence to you and you know the world you're inhabiting with…

Able

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As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I'll be happy. As long…

Am

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People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must…

Against

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I'm shocked at being recognized.

Shocked

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It’s not a bad lesson to learn in the bleaker months: how you view a storm is a question of perspective; provided…

Incredibles

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You can be romantically interested in someone and love them and still, I think, be really interested in things and a certain…

Certain

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I never quite toed the line.

Lines

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Theatre, when it is at its best, takes a lot of beating - the live experience and the shared collective experience of…

Amazing

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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the…

Album

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Not a lot of people would think that I spent most of my early years totally rebelling against anything I could, getting…

Against

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Books are my weakness.

Book

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There is great worth in holding universal truths and timelessly beautiful words in your heart, which will stay there forever, infusing your…

Beautiful

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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were…

Age

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