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" 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. "

Toby Stephens

Children

You

Easy

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" 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. "

" 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

Growing

Different

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

" 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. "

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

" '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. "

Toby Stephens

Tough

Experience

" 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. "

" 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. "

Toby Stephens

Love

Lawyer

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Since I've had kids, I thank God that I don't drink, as I really wouldn't have been able to cope. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The Humpback Trail on New Zealand's South Island is really beautiful. It is a 70 km walk over about four days and is fairly arduous. You go through prehistoric forest and up to the top of Humpback Mountain, where there are amazing views down to the Tasman Sea. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Whenever I'm doing stage, I want to be doing screen, and vice versa. "

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

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

" 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 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

Way

Parents