Dan Stevens(IV)

He was a judge for the Man Booker Prize for Literature in 2012. He had to read 148 novels in eight months.

[on the controversy surrounding his leaving the Downton Abbey (2010) cast to make 'The Guest'] I couldn't have sat down two years ago and said, 'Okay, Julian Fellowes, what I really want to do is a twisted action thriller black comedy with horror elements. Preferably with an American accent'. That would have been insane and highly implausible. But as soon as the opportunity came along it seemed like a reality.