Top 52 Dan Stevens Quotes
#1. 'Planet Earth' was such an extraordinary series and the 'Making Of' ... is fascinating: the creatures and stories behind the camera are just as fascinating as those in front. It's a bit of a dream come true to be a part of the team in some small way.
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#2. I don't know much about my biological background.
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#3. It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.
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#4. In the 21st century, I think it's fair to say, homosexuality is more accepted in Britain and it's wonderful that my generation has been able to grow up with that.
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#5. I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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#6. It's great when somebody is able to communicate an actual shot sequence to you and you know the world you're inhabiting with that. It's literally a haunting tune.
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#7. Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to speak.
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#8. What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties.
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#11. I'm amazed by just constantly - there's not a week that goes past where there's not someone in Ulan Bator or Rio De Janeiro suddenly says, 'Ooh, 'Downton' started this week.' You completely forget it's staggered across the world.
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#12. There is great worth in holding universal truths and timelessly beautiful words in your heart, which will stay there forever, infusing your thoughts and speech ...
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#13. I don't think there's ever a right time to have kids. I'm actually pretty glad it's happened quite young.
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#14. It's head and heart. I like to feed both. I always wanted to be an actor. But the cultural-intellectual side of things has always excited me. I wouldn't want to let it go.
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#15. I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.
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#16. I'm lucky to be married to someone who entirely gets what I do. She is totally sympathetic to the actor's life. Her own mother was an actress, so she sort of grew up with it.
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#17. I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.
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#18. I'm shocked at being recognized. You go to places you don't think you would be and still, you are. Taxi drivers often recognise me ... but I haven't got a free ride yet.
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#20. People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.
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#22. You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has. But there are definitely other exciting opportunities out there.
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#23. I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
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#24. Family is hugely important to me. Having kids is the best possible way to shake off any kind of darkness that might accompany a role that you're playing.
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#25. I don't think many people get to play big emotions in life.
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#26. I have only recently got interested in film, and it is a strange way of working in many ways. But actually, when it is at its best, it's quite an extraordinary way of working between a director and an actor, to really explore an inner life.
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#27. But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more.
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#28. None of us had any idea of how successful Downton was going to be. I thought I was signing up for another period drama that had a slightly modern feel. It had a freedom about it because it was coming out of the head of Julian Fellowes. Anything could happen and generally did.
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#29. I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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#30. My dad's family were pretty working class, actually.
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#31. You can be romantically interested in someone and love them and still, I think, be really interested in things and a certain lifestyle that person might provide.
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#34. Oh, it is quite possible that none of us in 'Downton' will ever again get the ratings this has had. But from a career point of view, it has opened so many doors.
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#35. As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I'll be happy. As long as I get to spend time with my family, I'll be happy. As long as I can write in some form, I'll be happy. It is the essential things like that I equate with happiness.
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#36. I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything.
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#37. The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.
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#38. I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.
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#40. Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People want to know what happens next, people hate the villains and love the lovers. It's good, fun TV. But I wouldn't call 'Downton' a soap opera as such.
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#42. At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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#44. It's not a bad lesson to learn in the bleaker months: how you view a storm is a question of perspective; provided you find the right rock to watch it from, it could be the most incredible thing you'll ever witness.
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#45. The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.
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#46. "I've never see you do something like this before and I'd love to see you try." For a young actor, that's about the most exciting thing that anyone can say to you.
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#47. I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.
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#48. It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.
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#49. I want to spend as much time as I can with my family, yet I'm aware of having to bring home the bacon.
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#50. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'
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#51. Not a lot of people would think that I spent most of my early years totally rebelling against anything I could, getting suspended from school, going on demonstrations.
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#52. I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.
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