Dan Stevens famous quotes

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.
-- Dan Stevens

#Moving #Creativity #Perspective

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.
-- Dan Stevens

#Rocks #Views #Perspective

You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has. But there are definitely other exciting opportunities out there.
-- Dan Stevens

#Opportunity #Profile #Certain

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

#Done #Film

I want to spend as much time as I can with my family, yet I'm aware of having to bring home the bacon.
-- Dan Stevens

#Home #Want #My Family

I never quite toed the line.
-- Dan Stevens

#Lines

I was never very happy at school.
-- Dan Stevens

#School #Very Happy

I don't think there's ever a right time to have kids. I'm actually pretty glad it's happened quite young.
-- Dan Stevens

#Kids #Thinking #Young

I don't think many people get to play big emotions in life.
-- Dan Stevens

#Thinking #Play #People

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.
-- Dan Stevens

#Goal #Interesting #Roles

It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.
-- Dan Stevens

#Nice #Awards #Rags

I was a pretty difficult teenager.
-- Dan Stevens

#Teenager #Difficult

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

#Writing #Ideas #Actors

What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties.
-- Dan Stevens

#Gay #Men #Talking

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.
-- Dan Stevens

#Crazy #Ideas #Directors

All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'
-- Dan Stevens

#School #Age

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.
-- Dan Stevens

#Thinking #Would Be #Taxi

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

#Mother #Daughter #Struggle

A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen.
-- Dan Stevens

#Farewell #Positivity #Boots

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

#Mouths #Like You #Tweet

I've been a lucky boy.
-- Dan Stevens

#Boys #Lucky

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

#Men #Judging

Books are my weakness.
-- Dan Stevens

#Book #Weakness

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

#Theatre #Batteries #Speak

Everything's so accelerated now.
-- Dan Stevens

I don't know much about my biological background.
-- Dan Stevens

#Backgrounds

I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.
-- Dan Stevens

#Modern

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.
-- Dan Stevens

#Dad #Real #Grateful

I'm shocked at being recognized.
-- Dan Stevens

I'm a huge fan of Eighties music.
-- Dan Stevens

#Fans

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…
-- Dan Stevens

#Beautiful #Heart #Forever

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.
-- Dan Stevens

#Fun #Hate #Dirty

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.
-- Dan Stevens

#Kids #Voice #Broken

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

#Dirty #Opera #Soap

I always wanted to be an actor.
-- Dan Stevens

#Actors #Wanted