Peter Capaldi Quotes
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.
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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
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I don't consider myself a competition to anyone. There is ample space for everyone here. When there are directors who create characters for me, why should I feel bothered or insecure? When it comes to updating myself, I work very hard to relate to the emotions of characters I play.
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I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.
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I am always looking for stories that have not been told too much, and one story that I think is really gripping and important is what police officers go through.
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I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
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I met my wife, Nia Vardalos, at The Second City, and she was chomping at the bit to move to L.A. I was afraid of having to start all over again, which happened. But we got lucky.
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Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying.
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For those, like me, who can't rely on being given a home smoker this Christmas, you can build your own approximation with just a roll of tin foil and a big wok or pan for which you have a lid.
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Liner notes, Music Bank box set, 1999.
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As a successful romantic novelist - one of my publishers is Mills & Boon - I create the sort of male heroes that no woman could fail to adore and few real men could hope to emulate.
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Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
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For there to be a 'Community' movie just seems like an appropriate way for the show to go out. That would be my perfect end.
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If you put me in a real Tardis, I dread to think what would happen to the universe.
