Toby Stephens movie quotes

“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.”
Toby Stephens

“- Reporter: We've been hearing rumors about the Icarus space program. What's the big secret?
- Gustav Graves: It's not a secret, it's a surprise.”
Alan Bond - Reporter
Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves

“I have a gift. An instinct for sensing people's weaknesses. Yours is women. Hers and mine are winning, whatever the cost.”

Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves

“You can't kill my dreams. But my dreams can kill you. Time to face destiny.”

Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves

“Screen is satisfying because it's so technical and mysterious. It's like playing roulette: you get a script, you think it's either great or naff, but you have no idea how it will really turn out. On stage, you are your own editor.”
Toby Stephens

“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.”
Toby Stephens

“- Gustav Graves: Glad you could make it. How did you like my run?
- James Bond: Like a man on the edge of losing control.
- Gustav Graves: It's only by being on the edge that we know who we really are - under the skin.”
Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond

“- James Bond: I see you don't chase dreams, you live them.
- Gustav Graves: One of the virtues of never sleeping. I have to live my dreams. Besides, plenty of time to sleep when you're dead.”
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond
Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves

“- Gustav Graves: Are you a gambling man Mr. Bond?
- James Bond: If the stakes are right.”
Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond

“- Gustav Graves: He died chasing a dream. Isn't that the way to go?
- James Bond: I'd rather not go at all.”
Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond

“- Blackadder: Roland, asked for another day off, Fergus.
- Fergus Wolfe: Oh, really? Where's he gone?
- Blackadder: I didn't ask, and he didn't say. He's an American for God's sake. He's probably off trafficking drugs.”
Tom Hickey - Blackadder
Toby Stephens - Fergus Wolfe

“We only met briefly, but you left a lasting impression. You see, when your intervention forced me to present the world with a new face, I chose to model the disgusting Gustav Graves on you. I paid attention to details.”
Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves

“I never forgot what you taught me: in war, the victorious strategist only seeks battle... after the victory has been won.”

Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves

“The pleasure of the kill is in the chase.”
Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves

“You only get one shot at life. Why waste it on sleep?”
Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves

“- Roland Michell: What do you charge an hour? Roughly.
- Fergus Wolfe: Oh uh, I don't know, 500.
- Roland Michell: Pounds? Jesus! No wonder you have a nice hallway.
- Fergus: Thank you.
- Roland Michell: Okay, I want to buy 7 minutes of attorney-client privilege, right now.”
Aaron Eckhart - Roland Michell
Toby Stephens - Fergus Wolfe