I don't go to pubs.

Everybody loves monsters.

'Atlantic City' is very good.

I'm pretty good for an old geek.

A little showbiz never hurt anyone.

I have a fairly normal domestic life.

I think all actors experience ups and downs.

Real heroes are all around us and uncelebrated.

I failed the audition to get into drama school.

I spent four months once doing a play on Broadway.

The only person that I want to love me is my wife.

The higher your profile, the more people want you.

I suppose I just like being arty. That's all. Arty.

Why can't jazz musicians just leave a melody alone?

I've only lost my temper three times in my whole life.

The Americans just have a great sort of wit about them.

Shouting at people keeps you alive, healthy, young, fresh.

You can't blame anyone for being cynical about politicians.

'Doctor Who' has a certain amount of showbiz attached to it.

For all I know, my grandfather was a bank robber in Kilsyth.

I haven't played Doctor Who since I was 9 on the playground.

I wish I'd known that one day the geek would inherit the Earth.

We had our British background of traditional theatre behind us.

I think it's always exciting when 'Doctor Who' touches its past.

'Doctor Who' belongs to all of us. Everybody makes 'Doctor Who.'

Comic-Con is so legendary, so a great thrill to be invited along.

I don't mind being stereotyped as angry - it's good to have a job.

I didn't want to be Doctor Who in a 'Doctor Who' that I didn't like.

I think the periods of being unsuccessful have made me a better actor.

I find the closer you get to people, the harder it is to satirise them.

I turn down invitations to events where I know there will be politicians.

Once you reach a certain age, you find yourself visiting hospitals a lot.

I've always been interested in the idea of people who fell through the cracks.

I can't imagine I'll be the new George Clooney. That's not really on the cards.

I can't imagine I'll be the new George Clooney. That's not really in the cards.

I haven't found anything to complain about. But being Scottish, it won't be long.

If you put me in a real Tardis, I dread to think what would happen to the universe.

The truth is that I got to Hollywood, and I didn't know what to do once I got there.

I've had very bleak experiences in hospitals, but they were also sometimes very funny.

You can't, as an actor, conduct yourself by making constant references to other people.

I'm sure if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing classic guitar solos on YouTube.

It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat.

I could make the title of my memoirs: 'It's got cinematic disaster written all over it.'

A year after winning the Oscar, almost to the day, I was directing a dog food commercial.

If people enjoy my profile from the privacy of their own home, that's entirely up to you.

There are only a handful of really good TV programmes, and I'm blessed to be in one of them.

The older I get, the more I think lightness of touch is an incredibly difficult thing to do.

Nowadays, kids... young actors... they go straight to L.A. before they've even done anything.

I wake up in the morning, and I go, 'I'm Doctor Who! I'm playing Doctor Who. I'm Doctor Who.'

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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