Quotes from Toby Stephens

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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