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

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

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

" 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 subversive and naughty with them. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Prior to doing a 'Bond' film, I was a young actor doing classical theater and some BBC dramas. Then, suddenly, I was thrown into this franchise. I had never experienced anything like it. "

" 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 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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'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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I met with Anna Chancellor, I knew she was a kindred spirit. We got one another. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "