Dan Stevens

As long as you bring the coffee.

I’ll bring lots of it. Although not too much, because I hear the fuel to carry extra stuff into space is a little expensive.

A week in the city, with nothing to worry about but what shows to see sounds heavenly. What has been your favorite? You’re lucky. Do you travel a lot for work or book things primarily up there?

Doesn’t it just? I think you should do it. When you have a week free, just do it. I actually don’t think I have a favourite. That being because I’ve seen so many great shows, rather than very few. So I’m the worst to ask for recommendations; I’ll just tell you to go see everything. I do a bit of both - I try to work as much as I can in New York, but I know that not every project is going to be able to offer me that. But the good thing about being based in New York is that I’m in between LA and London, where most of the other projects are filmed, so it’s not so bad.

You better keep me around.  I’m almost worth my weight in glitter.  As far as Mick goes, people have put our pictures side by side for years.  I’m pretty sure they are crazy, but maybe not.  There might be a resemblance there.

Almost, but not quite. Yeah, I’d say there’s a reasonable amount of resemblance. I hear you do a pretty good impression of him, too.

I’m sure you’ll figure it out though! And you’re extremely good looking so I have no doubt that you’ll find someone. Even stubborn fuckers need love.

I’m not bad looking, yeah. I don’t need love, though. Not from anybody but my family. They’re allowed to give me love. Everybody else, I can take or leave.

Forget I said anything…..

But I am an elephant. I never forget.

I wish I could see a play every time I’m in New York but last I was there for more than a day, I was promoting some things at Tribeca and the time before that I was doing a play myself. So when I wasn’t working, I was sleeping. Really? That’s cool!

You should take a trip to New York for, like, a week or so. Try and see at least 2 different shows. You’ll be grateful for doing it. I’m lucky that I live in NYC, so I have a bit more of an opportunity to go see stuff. When I’m not busy with work or family, obviously.

Alright, I’ll meet you there.

Bring some snacks. I think the trip is quite long.

I played a doctor for nine years on the second longest running medical drama.  I think I learned a few things over the years.

That’s like saying Benedict Cumberbatch knows how to be a detective after years of playing Sherlock Holmes, but everybody who knows him personally knows he’s as thick as pig-shit.

Sadly, I only know that someone wanted too, I can’t see who it is, that would be up to you to decide and figure out. They can’t make it that easy for you, am I right? His name is Max Thieriot and yes, he’s very nice. A bit stubborn but nice. 

Well, to put my predicament politely, fuck my life. Oh, nice one. All the best people are stubborn. I say as a stubborn fucker.

Oh, tease is my middle name. It would be a fucking disaster if that were true, because my professional name, I guess, would be Alison Tease, and nobody would ever take me seriously. That said, I’m 99% sure nobody takes me seriously anyway, so absolutely nothing new there. Laser tag, you say? I could be game for laser tag. As a matter of fact, we should definitely do that. 

Alison Tease is actually a really great name. Although it would be better if you changed your first name to Mal, then your name would be Mal Tease, and hilarity would ensue. Where’s the fun in being taken seriously? Nowhere to be seen, that’s where. Laser tag it is. Although it’s important to know where in the world you are right now, otherwise we’d just go to the nearest laser tag place, and end up in completely different cities, and that’d be embarrassing for you.

You don’t want to go to war with me like this.

Why not?

I am going to look in my copy of Gray’s Anatomy and see if that is actually scientifically possible.

I think you should. I’m sure it is. I’m obviously an expert on all science.