Peter Capaldi Quotes
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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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STG and the Ramshorn Theatre are a vital part of Glasgow's rich cultural history. To abandon them now is to abandon not only our past, but our future.
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It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat.
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I find the closer you get to people, the harder it is to satirise them.
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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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The nurses' job is emotional and distressing. Their day-to-day work is dealing with people withering and falling to pieces. So black humour is essential for them cope with that. It's just a consequence of their environment.
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The thing that runs through the British film industry even today is a lot of unsung movies are financially the bigger ones. Even though they weren't always the greatest of movies, something in them was very potent which people loved.
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I don't go to pubs.
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I just consciously try to enjoy the good things that are happening. And if it ended tomorrow, that would be fine.
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You can't, as an actor, conduct yourself by making constant references to other people.
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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 didn't want to be Doctor Who in a 'Doctor Who' that I didn't like.
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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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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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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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Shouting at people keeps you alive, healthy, young, fresh.
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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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If you travel in time and space, most of the people you know and love will eventually be gone. But you'll also be able to go and find them again.
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I don't mind being stereotyped as angry - it's good to have a job.
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I turn down invitations to events where I know there will be politicians.
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I hated improvisation because in my early days as an actor, improvisation meant somebody had just come down from Oxford and they were doing a play above a pub in Kentish Town, and the biggest ego would win.
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I think the whole spoiler thing has taken over the media.
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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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My family know not to get me any tech for Christmas. I can never get it to work, and it all becomes very tearful and pressurised.