Peter Capaldi Quotes
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When I was at school, you couldn't draw and be into football, too. If you were into art, then you were seen as an absolute pansy, and there was no way you'd be admitted to the guys' world of football.
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My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant life, which to some extent it was, but it wasn't really as colourful that.
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The higher your profile, the more people want you.
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One of the problems with episodic television of any color is that everything has got to be okay at the end of the episode so it can start again next week.
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Why can't jazz musicians just leave a melody alone?
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I don't go to pubs.
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I'm sure if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing classic guitar solos on YouTube.
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I was always admiring people who seemed to conduct themselves with ease in the world. Maybe that's a great gift to give your kids if you can do that. Because they can move through the world without neurosis, this anxiety about everything, which our own parents gave us.
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'Doctor Who' has a certain amount of showbiz attached to it.
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A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her.
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For all I know, my grandfather was a bank robber in Kilsyth.
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Generally I draw every day just to keep my hand in. I draw while I'm sitting on the Tube or in restaurants. Just doodling things and people I see.
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I'm not terribly well read. My wife forces books into my hands and insists I read them, which I'm grateful to her for. She made me read 'War and Peace.' The whole thing. It was amazing, but I had to hide it. You can't walk round reading 'War and Peace' - it's like you're in a comedy sketch and you think you're smart.
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I turn down invitations to events where I know there will be politicians.
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The biggest problem of all is that it's very difficult to tell my daughter, 'Swearing is not clever or funny,' because I earn a living by swearing.
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When I was a kid, I wrote to the BBC, and the producers sent me a huge package through the post with 'Doctor Who' scripts. I'd never even seen a script and couldn't believe that they actually wrote this stuff down. It sort of opened a door.
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One year was so bad for me and my wife that we were going to have to sell our house until Elaine decided to change career and earn some money.
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'Strictly Sinatra' became a compromise between me and the producers, and neither of us liked the results much.
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Being asked to play 'The Doctor' is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I can't wait to get started.
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I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it.
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If people enjoy my profile from the privacy of their own home, that's entirely up to you.
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I don't like parties. There was never a party I was at where I didn't wish I was somewhere else.
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I think all actors experience ups and downs.
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I'm just physically stupid.