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" I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. "
Matt Smith
Footballer
Becoming
Me
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" I always steal a pair of socks on every photo shoot I do. It's my thing. "
Matt Smith
Photo Shoot
Socks
Shoot
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Love
Silly
Rock
" I am a fan of a bright sock. They're bold. "
Matt Smith
Am
Bold
Bright
" 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? "
Matt Smith
Moment
Grace
You
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Risks
Preparation
You
" I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool. "
Matt Smith
Read
Think
Used
" 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. "
Matt Smith
New
You
Doctor
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Now
Right
Silly
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Cartoon
Ninja
Used
" 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. "
Matt Smith
You
Age
God
" Time travel is such a magic concept. "
Matt Smith
Time
Time Travel
Magic
" It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States. "
Matt Smith
Science
Real
Like
" There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level. "
Matt Smith
County
Played
Level
" As a kid, I knew all of the dinosaurs. It's one of those tragedies that I've forgotten what dinosaurs are cool. "
Matt Smith
Forgotten
Knew
Kid
" Overnight ratings are dead. It's just not the way TV is sold any more. "
Matt Smith
Just
More
TV
" I think that, if the world was a bit more like Comic-Con, we'd all be a little happier. "
Matt Smith
Like
Comic-Con
Bit
" I am terribly clumsy, so there is a plethora of walking into lamp-posts, falling over, dropping things, and ruining sofas. "
Matt Smith
Over
Am
Falling
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Preparation
Great
Sacrifice
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Achievement
World
Love
" 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. "
Matt Smith
You
Good
Night
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Clothes
Shoes
Street
" Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that. "
Matt Smith
Some
Eat
Spiders
" I'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though. "
Matt Smith
Enough
Villain
Maybe
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Doctor
Work
Nature
" I'd like to do a play in New York. "
Matt Smith
Play
New York
York
" 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.' "
Matt Smith
Police
Think
Strengths
" I just love vampires. "
Matt Smith
Vampires
Love
Just
" I thought 'Skyfall' was a sumptuous film. "
Matt Smith
Film
Sumptuous
Thought
" As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical. "
Matt Smith
Older
Too
Myself
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Someone
Want
Tea