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Toby Stephens
Toby Stephens
English Actor
Born: Apr 21, 1969
Actor Doing Love Me Think You
Related authors: Bill Nighy Charlie Chaplin John Cleese Michael Caine Robert Pattinson Tom Hardy Tom Hiddleston Tom Holland
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. Toby Stephens
You Think Unless Would Never Baggage New Come Parts Brand Brand New Anything Play
Quite honestly, as long as I am working, can enjoy what I do, get on with it, and put bread on the table, I am really happy. Toby Stephens
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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 helps me out as I move from job to job. Toby Stephens
Me Job Types Out Totally Had Environments Schools Fit Up Move Different Social Many Groups Helps Growing Different Types Growing Up
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 that is really quite narrow-minded. Toby Stephens
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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 or naff, but you have no idea how it will really turn out. On stage, you are your own editor - and you get brief moments of grace, where suddenly you feel free. Toby Stephens
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I love travelling with my laptop because I get a bit nervous if I can't access my e-mails. Toby Stephens
Love Nervous Bit Because Access Get Laptop Travelling
If I was to meet Lou Reed or Bob Dylan, I would be totally helpless. Writers and musicians make me feel completely starstruck. Toby Stephens
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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 you wouldn't know. Toby Stephens
Saying You Other Could Obsessed Know Talking Doing Person Listen Each Actor
When you have kids, you don't really watch TV anymore, and when I do, I binge-watch box sets of 'Breaking Bad.' Toby Stephens
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I had a fantastic stepfather, so I didn't resent him in any way, although I was unnerved by him. He was not an easy man, although he was incredibly charming, gregarious, and fun. Toby Stephens
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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 with the film, and it didn't work.' And then I read the script, and I actually liked it. Toby Stephens
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As an actor, the only thing you have is your instinct and your imagination. Toby Stephens
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I remember my parents being really on me about speaking in a certain way when I was young, I think because they came from a class that aspired to talk like that. Toby Stephens
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I don't really want the kind of Englishness that I have represented. Toby Stephens
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I grew up in the States and Canada for a while because my mum came over in the 1970s. We lived in Los Angeles for a couple of years and then moved to Canada for a few more. Toby Stephens
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Whenever I'm doing stage, I want to be doing screen, and vice versa. Toby Stephens
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I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn't work out how to make ends meet. Toby Stephens
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Drama school is really a forum for making a fool of yourself. Toby Stephens
Fool Yourself School Drama Drama School Making Really Forum
You can't learn how to act; you can only really learn it through experience and practice and really finding what your voice is and what you want to be as an actor. Toby Stephens
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I remember going to the cinema to watch 'Blade Runner' when I was 14 or 15. It was a huge flop when it came out. The cinema was almost empty. I was blown away by it. Toby Stephens
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