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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. "
Matt Smith
Most
Things
Practical
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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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" 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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" I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest. "
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" I was always aware of 'Doctor Who,' but I didn't grow up with it. "
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" I'd like to do a play in New York. "
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New York
York
" 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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Want
Tea
" As a kid, I knew all of the dinosaurs. It's one of those tragedies that I've forgotten what dinosaurs are cool. "
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Forgotten
Knew
Kid
" No, I'm not religious. At all. I'm an atheist. "
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Atheist
" I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing. "
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Movies
Love
Ninja
" I've always loved dinosaurs. "
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Loved
Always
Dinosaurs
" I always steal a pair of socks on every photo shoot I do. It's my thing. "
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Photo Shoot
Socks
Shoot
" Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that. "
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Some
Eat
Spiders
" 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. "
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Cartoon
Ninja
Used
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Camera
New York
Doctor
" I am a terrible sleeper. "
Matt Smith
I Am
Terrible
Sleeper
" 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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You
Age
God
" I thought 'Skyfall' was a sumptuous film. "
Matt Smith
Film
Sumptuous
Thought
" 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 think Jennifer Saunders would be great in 'Doctor Who.' "
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I Think
Doctor
Who
" I think that, if the world was a bit more like Comic-Con, we'd all be a little happier. "
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Like
Comic-Con
Bit
" 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
" Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. "
Matt Smith
Part
Actor
Salt
" I would be sitting in my flat watching TV, and 'Doctor Who' would be on with my flatmate there. I would have loved to share the fact that I was the new Doctor, but I couldn't. I was going mad. My dad was rather flabbergasted. When I told him, he laughed. He was excited, elated and very proud. "
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Loved
Doctor
Sitting
" 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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You
Good
Night
" I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool. "
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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. "
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New
You
Doctor
" 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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Preparation
Great
Sacrifice
" 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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Love
Silly
Rock
" It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States. "
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Science
Real
Like
" As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical. "
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Older
Too
Myself