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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you have kids, you don't really watch TV anymore, and when I do, I binge-watch box sets of 'Breaking Bad.' "

" 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 think all parts come with baggage unless it is a brand new play. If one was daunted by that, you would never do anything. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" '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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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