Peter Capaldi Quotes
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I have a fairly normal domestic life.
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The best advice is to get on with it. I'm very prone to falling into depressions - not clinical, just 'can't be bothered.' It's such a waste of time.
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I haven't found anything to complain about. But being Scottish, it won't be long.
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I turn down invitations to events where I know there will be politicians.
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I wake up in the morning, and I go, 'I'm Doctor Who! I'm playing Doctor Who. I'm Doctor Who.'
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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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When I was acting, I was always asking abut the mechanics of filmmaking. I decided I would learn what everyone on set was doing, so I would feel less threatened.
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Every viewer who ever turned on 'Doctor Who' has taken him into his heart. He belongs to all of us.
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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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I don't want to make a film to make a film.
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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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For all I know, my grandfather was a bank robber in Kilsyth.
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I don't have any expectations of anything.
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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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Of course I've had my moments of wanting to go back to Scotland, and I almost did a couple of times, but other things just came up.
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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'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'm pretty good for an old geek.
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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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I think it's not misplaced in 'Doctor Who' to have someone who is little bit edgy and maybe a little volatile and dangerous.
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The truth is that I got to Hollywood, and I didn't know what to do once I got there.
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We don't consider the Wizard of Oz or Father Christmas to be too old. They're still magical characters, and the fact they've been around the block only adds to their magic.
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It's one thing getting the job of Doctor Who, which is wonderful. And then the next thing they say to you is, 'We're going to announce it live on television!' And you think, 'That's not exactly what I thought I was signing up for!'
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I spent four months once doing a play on Broadway.