Ed Stoppard Quotes & Sayings

“I love going to the Via Giulia, a beautiful old cobbled street, which has a bridge at one end behind the Palazzo Farnese. It has long creepers hanging from it, and is the most evocative, beautiful place to stand and enjoy the city.”

“The beauty of Rome is that you can wander into a pizzeria just about anywhere and get a real Italian pizza that's thankfully worlds away from the Super Supreme I used to order at Pizza Hut as a kid.”

“I am always nervous when I'm auditioning for a part I really want.”

“I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.”

“If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.”

“Vatican City is a bit overrated in my opinion - no offence to the Vatican.”

“I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.”

“I tend to gravitate toward conflicted characters, and a character who is exploring chaos theory and population control and the difficulties of love and family is pretty rich.”

“I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.”

“In the life of any actor or actress, there is inevitably a time when they will be eligible to act in a Tom Stoppard play. He has written a lot, and they are revived often, and there are so many characters of different ages that it was more likely I'd end up in something of his than that I wouldn't.”