Toby Stephens Quotes

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• I think all parts come with baggage unless it is a brand new play. If one was daunted by that, you would never do anything.
• 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 in Swahili and…
• 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 think…
• Growing up, I went to many schools, and I had to fit in to many different types of environments with totally different social groups. It…
• I love Scotland, mainly for its landscape. I like walking, and it's a great place to go hiking.
• That's the privilege of being a grandparent - they can indulge the children while parents have to be the bad guy. Grandparents can also be…
• Places like the National Theatre or Sheffield, these great engines of theatre, make us cutting edge because they can be experimental. They can do plays…
• If I was to meet Lou Reed or Bob Dylan, I would be totally helpless. Writers and musicians make me feel completely starstruck.
• I am a Londoner and I love my home. There are many things about this country which drive me crazy, but when I am in…
• I would love to be in a Jimmy McGovern drama on TV, but there is no way he would ever ask me unless it would…
• I blub all the time, in the most weird situations - not in the ones that should make me cry. Music makes me very emotional.

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