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" I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest. "
Matt Smith
Fancy
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" I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing. "
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" I'm not hugely technical with things, but I guess that the thing I use most is my iPhone, on a practical level. "
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" 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. "
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" The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal. "
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" So many more people recognise you and want to take up a moment of your time for a photo or a hello. You try to deal with it with grace and a degree of humour, because what's the alternative? "
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" No, I'm not religious. At all. I'm an atheist. "
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" I just love vampires. "
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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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" I think there's an interesting contradiction of having a young face and an old soul. There's something funny about it, and it also allows you to reinvent being old. "
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" I think expectations of 'Doctor Who' should always be high, because it's a show that must always progress and get better and better. "
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" I am a fan of a bright sock. They're bold. "
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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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" I am a terrible sleeper. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. "
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" I'd like to do a play in New York. "
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" Spiders - the way they move freaks me out. It's so malevolent. "
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" Police boxes, tweed blazers and bow ties feel quite English, but I think that is one of his virtues, one of the strengths of 'Doctor Who.' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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'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. "
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" Some people don't need to work hard because they are so talented. "
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