Quotes by Dan Stevens

About Dan Stevens:

Daniel Jonathan is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Matthew Crawley in the British period drama television series Downton Abbey.
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Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to speak.

Dan Stevens

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.

Dan Stevens

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.

Dan Stevens

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.

Dan Stevens

I was a pretty difficult teenager.

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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

Dan Stevens

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.

Dan Stevens

The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.

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I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.

Dan Stevens

I don't know much about my biological background.

Dan Stevens

I was never very happy at school.

Dan Stevens

I'm shocked at being recognized.

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I never quite toed the line.

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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.

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I've been a lucky boy.

Dan Stevens

I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'

Dan Stevens

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.

Dan Stevens

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.

Dan Stevens

At 13, in my first year of Tonbridge, I went up for the part of Macbeth. I was up against the 17- and 18-year-olds, but for some reason I got the part. It made me incredibly unpopular with my peers, but it was the English and drama teachers who stepp...

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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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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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Author Bio

  • NameDan Stevens
  • DescriptionEnglish actor
  • AliasesDaniel Jonathan Stevens
  • BornOctober 10, 1982
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor