Top 35 Dan Stevens Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “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

2. “I’ve been a lucky boy.”

— Dan Stevens

3. “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

4. “I always wanted to be an actor.”

— Dan Stevens

5. “Books are my weakness.”

— Dan Stevens

6. “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

7. “It’s nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn’t happen all the time.”

— Dan Stevens

8. “I was never very happy at school.”

— Dan Stevens

9. “Everything’s so accelerated now.”

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10. “I never quite toed the line.”

— Dan Stevens

11. “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.”

— Dan Stevens

12. “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

13. “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

14. “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

15. “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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16. “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

17. “I’m shocked at being recognized.”

— Dan Stevens

18. “I don’t think many people get to play big emotions in life.”

— Dan Stevens

19. “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

20. “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

21. “I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.”

— Dan Stevens

22. “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

23. “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

24. “I’m a huge fan of Eighties music.”

— Dan Stevens

25. “All my early school reports from the age of 5 were ‘Daniel must learn not to distract others.’”

— Dan Stevens

26. “I was a pretty difficult teenager.”

— Dan Stevens

27. “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.”

— Dan Stevens

28. “I’m sure I wouldn’t have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren’t for ‘Downton.’”

— Dan Stevens

29. “I don’t know much about my biological background.”

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

— Dan Stevens

31. “I’ve never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.”

— Dan Stevens

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

— Dan Stevens

34. “I haven’t done as many films as I would have liked.”

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35. “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

36. “What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties.”

— Dan Stevens