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" Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them. "
I Can
Stars
Weak
" Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. "
Part
Actor
Salt
" Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that. "
Some
Eat
Spiders
" As a kid, I knew all of the dinosaurs. It's one of those tragedies that I've forgotten what dinosaurs are cool. "
Forgotten
Knew
Kid
" As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical. "
Older
Too
Myself
" At university I had a big coloured scarf and people would often say, 'All right, Doctor Who?' And, I thought, I rather liked that notion. "
Say
People
Big
" Even now, I'm very superstitious, in silly ways. I always put my left boot on first. Or on set, I always tie my bow tie from right to left. "
Now
Right
Silly
" Every two weeks on 'Doctor Who,' the set is completely different, the world is different and there are new actors coming in. So, it's constantly surprising, and it's a pressure that you relish, actually. "
New
You
Doctor
" For clothes, I like Dover Street Market and Acne. For vintage, I go to Mint just off Seven Dials. For shoes, it's Church's and Russell & Bromley. "
Clothes
Shoes
Street
" I always steal a pair of socks on every photo shoot I do. It's my thing. "
Photo Shoot
Socks
Shoot
" I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest. "
Fancy
Am
Dress
" I am a fan of a bright sock. They're bold. "
Am
Bold
Bright
" I am a terrible sleeper. "
I Am
Terrible
Sleeper
" I am terribly clumsy, so there is a plethora of walking into lamp-posts, falling over, dropping things, and ruining sofas. "
Over
Am
Falling
" I asked for a piano in the TARDIS, but it hasn't happened. I'd love to see the Doctor rock up and play, but it'd have to be done in an inventive and silly way. "
Love
Silly
Rock
" I constantly watch 'The Simpsons' and an English cartoon called 'The Raccoons' and 'Gummi Bears.' I was obsessed with ninja films, and the 'Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles,' I used to love that as well. "
Cartoon
Ninja
Used
" I'd like to do a play in New York. "
Play
New York
York
" If I could film, we'd film every episode of 'Doctor Who' in New York. I have an affinity with the city. It has some wonderful locations and it is devastatingly vast and huge. Central Park looks amazing on camera. "
Camera
New York
Doctor
" If I see a spider in the flat, I try to get a cup and a piece of paper and throw it out of the window. I can't kill them because they're good for catching flies. "
Good
Window
Try
" If I was making a tea advert, I would want to communicate about tea is that it can console you, it can start your day, there is the warmth and the ritual, and you can share it; you make someone a cup of tea and you offer it to them. "
Someone
Want
Tea
" If you want to give it a good go, you've got to make some sacrifices and be as dedicated as you can be. Particularly with 'Doctor Who.' It's two or three hours of line-learning a night. "
You
Good
Night
" I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. "
Footballer
Becoming
Me
" I just love vampires. "
Vampires
Love
Just
" I'm awful at karaoke, but if I did have to sing, I'd go for my favourite Frank Sinatra song 'I've Got You Under My Skin.' The fact I love Frank is my grandfather's doing: he drummed it into me from a very early age that Frank Sinatra is God. "
You
Age
God
" I'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though. "
Enough
Villain
Maybe
" I'm not hugely technical with things, but I guess that the thing I use most is my iPhone, on a practical level. "
Most
Things
Practical
" I quite like the idea of family. That's probably the greatest achievement in the world. I've got a lot to achieve workwise - I'd love to direct - but family would be good. "
Achievement
World
Love
" I think expectations of 'Doctor Who' should always be high, because it's a show that must always progress and get better and better. "
Doctor
Think
Progress
" I think Jennifer Saunders would be great in 'Doctor Who.' "
I Think
Doctor
Who
" I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It's about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that's what makes it interesting. "
Risks
Preparation
You
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