--- title: "4 Stephen Dillane Quotes - Famous Stage actor (Remembrance Day)" description: "British actor. Browse 4 Stephen Dillane quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-dillane-86983.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Stephen Dillane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-dillane-86983.jpg) # Stephen Dillane (1957) Stage Actor United Kingdom **4** quotes in **35** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Stephen Dillane is a stage actor from the United Kingdom, best known for *Remembrance Day*. ## Quick Facts About Stephen Dillane Born March 27, 1957 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Stage Actor Notable works Remembrance Day ## About Stephen Dillane Stephen John Dillane is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film The Hours, Stannis Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2012–2015) and Thomas Jefferson in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008), a part which earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination. An experienced stage actor who has been called an "actor's actor", Dillane won a Tony Award for his lead performance in Tom Stoppard's play The Real Thing (2000) and gave critically acclaimed performances in Angels in America (1993), Hamlet (1990), and a one-man Macbeth (2005). His television work has additionally garnered him BAFTA and International Emmy Awards for best actor. ## Awards & Honors Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play British Academy Television Award for Best Actor San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble International Emmy Award for Best Actor ## Quotes by Stephen Dillane > [I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dillane/i-have-to-phrase-this-perfectly-i-m-just-not-convinced-that-the/) [Stephen Dillane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dillane/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/stephen-dillane-73135_actor_i-have-to-phrase-this-perfectly-i-m-just_745515.jpg) > [Am I melancholy? I certainly have moments. I like to think there's a capacity for joy as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dillane/am-i-melancholy-i-certainly-have-moments-i-like-to-think-there-s-a/) [Stephen Dillane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dillane/) [Capacity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capacity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/stephen-dillane-73135_capacity_am-i-melancholy-i-certainly-have-moments_1246649.jpg) > [I couldn't work my way into being a good-looking guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dillane/i-couldn-t-work-my-way-into-being-a-good-looking-guy/) [Stephen Dillane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dillane/) [Good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/stephen-dillane-73135_guy_i-couldn-t-work-my-way-into-being-a-good_1396597.jpg) > [If you feel uncomfortable on stage, you can very easily descend into a sort of abyss, convinced you're the worst actor ever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dillane/if-you-feel-uncomfortable-on-stage-you-can-very-easily-descend-into-a/) [Stephen Dillane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dillane/) [Abyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abyss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/stephen-dillane-73135_abyss_if-you-feel-uncomfortable-on-stage-you-c_1610186.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dillane/#itemlist", "name": "Stephen Dillane Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as a character isn't actually quite often the means by which an actor overcomes his own terror of standing there onstage and creating a mask to hide behind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Dillane" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dillane/i-have-to-phrase-this-perfectly-i-m-just-not-convinced-that-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/stephen-dillane-73135_actor_i-have-to-phrase-this-perfectly-i-m-just_745515.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/stephen-dillane-73135_actor_i-have-to-phrase-this-perfectly-i-m-just_745515.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/stephen-dillane-73135_actor_i-have-to-phrase-this-perfectly-i-m-just_745515.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think…” — Stephen Dillane", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Am I melancholy? 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