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" As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical. "
Matt Smith
Older
Too
Myself
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" 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. "
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" It's hard work, 'Doctor Who,' but let's be frank about it, I'm fortunate to be rewarded in the ways that I am. I don't just mean financially, I mean the nature of the part and everything that comes with it. "
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" Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. "
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" I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool. "
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" Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that. "
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" Time travel is such a magic concept. "
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" No, I'm not religious. At all. I'm an atheist. "
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" I think Jennifer Saunders would be great in 'Doctor Who.' "
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" There are great disciplines from being a sportsman that you can transfer into being an artist. The preparation, the sacrifice, the constant desire to improve. "
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" Kids should feel afraid of 'Doctor Who.' All the adults I've talked to remember fondly being afraid when they were kids. That's part of the reason they remember it and love it. And if you're afraid in a controlled way, you sort of appreciate fear in some respect. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes when you lose your mobile phone, even though it's frustrating, it's sort of rewarding in many ways because, though we do rely on them a lot, we are not reliant on them. The world continues without. "
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" There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level. "
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" I always steal a pair of socks on every photo shoot I do. It's my thing. "
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