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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. "

Toby Stephens

World

My Life

Life

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" 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. "

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

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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. "

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" 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. "

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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

Way

Parents

" 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. "

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

Toby Stephens

Emotional

Cry

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

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

" 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. "