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" I've always loved dinosaurs. "
Matt Smith
Loved
Always
Dinosaurs
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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. "
Matt Smith
Respect
Doctor
Fear
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Face
Think
Soul
" 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
" Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that. "
Matt Smith
Some
Eat
Spiders
" I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest. "
Matt Smith
Fancy
Am
Dress
" 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
" Some people don't need to work hard because they are so talented. "
Matt Smith
Hard
Need
People
" Spiders - the way they move freaks me out. It's so malevolent. "
Matt Smith
Move
Malevolent
Out
" The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal. "
Matt Smith
Who
Storytelling
Universal
" 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
" I think Jennifer Saunders would be great in 'Doctor Who.' "
Matt Smith
I Think
Doctor
Who
" I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing. "
Matt Smith
Movies
Love
Ninja
" I'd like to do a play in New York. "
Matt Smith
Play
New York
York
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" I am a fan of a bright sock. They're bold. "
Matt Smith
Am
Bold
Bright
" It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States. "
Matt Smith
Science
Real
Like
" 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'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though. "
Matt Smith
Enough
Villain
Maybe
" 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
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Say
People
Big
" 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
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Loved
Doctor
Sitting
" 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 was always aware of 'Doctor Who,' but I didn't grow up with it. "
Matt Smith
Aware
Doctor
Grow
" Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. "
Matt Smith
Part
Actor
Salt