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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. "

" Although I loved 'Black Sails,' 'Lost in Space' was like holiday camp after that. "

" As an actor, the only thing you have is your instinct and your imagination. "

" Before children, it's kind of easy to be solipsistic - you and your wife are in this hermetic little thing, and your own desires, wants, needs, tastes dictate your choices. Then, suddenly, all of that's gone. "

" 'Black Sails' was an amazing experience, but it was a really tough show for me to do. After four years, it was pretty exhausting because it was such a huge production. "

" Drama school is really a forum for making a fool of yourself. "

" 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. "

" 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 America, I feel wrong there. "

" I blub all the time, in the most weird situations - not in the ones that should make me cry. Music makes me very emotional. "

" I don't really want the kind of Englishness that I have represented. "

" If I was to meet Lou Reed or Bob Dylan, I would be totally helpless. Writers and musicians make me feel completely starstruck. "

" If you're going to reboot something, reboot it in a totally original way that speaks to a new generation. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have a huge acting crush on Gene Hackman. I just love watching him. "

" I love Scotland, mainly for its landscape. I like walking, and it's a great place to go hiking. "

" I love travelling with my laptop because I get a bit nervous if I can't access my e-mails. "

" 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 sea - diving, swimming and snorkelling. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've been misconstrued because I speak in a certain way. I find it obnoxious how it defines you, somehow limits your ability to understand the human condition. You can't be allowed near emotions; you play these curling-lipped, haughty characters. This awful label - 'the posh Toby Stephens' - I'm not posh! "

" I've learnt an enormous amount from my children. Mostly that my agenda isn't the most important thing in the world. For a while, I was trying to squeeze them into my life. And it was such torment! It makes you realise how selfish you are. "

" I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn't work out how to make ends meet. "

" I watched a lot of American TV, all those repeats of 'Star Trek,' 'Fantasy Island,' 'M*A*S*H,' 'Lost in Space.' All that stuff was the fodder of my childhood. "

" 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 be to play a lawyer or something. "

" 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. "

" On the whole, I don't watch television. "

" People assume that I'm an aristocrat, but I don't really feel part of any class. "

" 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 that nobody else can afford to do in ways nobody else can afford to do. "

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