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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. "
Matt Smith
County
Played
Level
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" I am a terrible sleeper. "
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Terrible
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" 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
" I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool. "
Matt Smith
Read
Think
Used
" 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
" Spiders - the way they move freaks me out. It's so malevolent. "
Matt Smith
Move
Malevolent
Out
" 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
" 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 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
" 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
" 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 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'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though. "
Matt Smith
Enough
Villain
Maybe
" 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
" The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal. "
Matt Smith
Who
Storytelling
Universal
" It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States. "
Matt Smith
Science
Real
Like
" 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
" 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 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'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 was always aware of 'Doctor Who,' but I didn't grow up with it. "
Matt Smith
Aware
Doctor
Grow
" 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
" 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? "
Matt Smith
Moment
Grace
You
" 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
" 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
" Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. "
Matt Smith
Part
Actor
Salt
" Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that. "
Matt Smith
Some
Eat
Spiders
" 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.' "
Matt Smith
I Think
Doctor
Who