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" Overnight ratings are dead. It's just not the way TV is sold any more. "
Matt Smith
Just
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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. "
Matt Smith
You
Good
Night
" 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
" The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal. "
Matt Smith
Who
Storytelling
Universal
" I think expectations of 'Doctor Who' should always be high, because it's a show that must always progress and get better and better. "
Matt Smith
Doctor
Think
Progress
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Phone
Your
Lose
" I've always loved dinosaurs. "
Matt Smith
Loved
Always
Dinosaurs
" Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that. "
Matt Smith
Some
Eat
Spiders
" 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 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
" Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. "
Matt Smith
Part
Actor
Salt
" Some people don't need to work hard because they are so talented. "
Matt Smith
Hard
Need
People
" 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'd like to do a play in New York. "
Matt Smith
Play
New York
York
" 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 am a fan of a bright sock. They're bold. "
Matt Smith
Am
Bold
Bright
" 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
" I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest. "
Matt Smith
Fancy
Am
Dress
" As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical. "
Matt Smith
Older
Too
Myself
" 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 thought 'Skyfall' was a sumptuous film. "
Matt Smith
Film
Sumptuous
Thought
" 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 terribly clumsy, so there is a plethora of walking into lamp-posts, falling over, dropping things, and ruining sofas. "
Matt Smith
Over
Am
Falling
" 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
" 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
" It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States. "
Matt Smith
Science
Real
Like
" 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
" I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing. "
Matt Smith
Movies
Love
Ninja
" Time travel is such a magic concept. "
Matt Smith
Time
Time Travel
Magic
" 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
" If I see a spider in the flat, I try to get a cup and a piece of paper and throw it out of the window. I can't kill them because they're good for catching flies. "
Matt Smith
Good
Window
Try