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" Some people don't need to work hard because they are so talented. "
Matt Smith
Hard
Need
People
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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've always loved dinosaurs. "
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Always
Dinosaurs
" 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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" Overnight ratings are dead. It's just not the way TV is sold any more. "
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TV
" I am a terrible sleeper. "
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I Am
Terrible
Sleeper
" Spiders - the way they move freaks me out. It's so malevolent. "
Matt Smith
Move
Malevolent
Out
" 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
" Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them. "
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I Can
Stars
Weak
" 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. "
Matt Smith
Religious
Atheist
" I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing. "
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Movies
Love
Ninja
" 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 thought 'Skyfall' was a sumptuous film. "
Matt Smith
Film
Sumptuous
Thought
" 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
" 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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Moment
Grace
You
" I just love vampires. "
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Vampires
Love
Just
" Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. "
Matt Smith
Part
Actor
Salt
" 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'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though. "
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Enough
Villain
Maybe
" 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. "
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People
Big
" 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. "
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Achievement
World
Love
" 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
" As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical. "
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Older
Too
Myself
" It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States. "
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Science
Real
Like
" 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
" 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. "
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Good
Window
Try
" 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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Respect
Doctor
Fear