English - Actor | April 21, 1969 -
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.
Toby Stephens
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As an actor, the only thing you have is your instinct and your imagination.
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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.
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People assume that I'm an aristocrat, but I don't really feel part of any class.
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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!
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I don't really want the kind of Englishness that I have represented.
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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.
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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.
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If you're going to reboot something, reboot it in a totally original way that speaks to a new generation.
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Whenever I'm doing stage, I want to be doing screen, and vice versa.
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I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn't work out how to make ends meet.
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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.
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