One of the most memorable details about Stevenson’s life came from the way he viewed his own work. Because he was so often cast as ministers, priests, or officiants, he liked to joke that his career mostly involved “marrying or burying people.” His son Scott later shared that directors often relied on him to fill awkward unscripted moments in ceremony scenes, trusting his experience and instinct to carry the moment naturally. Stevenson himself admitted he became very good at it.
