Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story. Matt Smith More Quotes by Matt Smith More Quotes From Matt Smith As an actor, you'll have ten parts in 2015 - eight of them will go to the other actors above you and two of them you might be close to, and you try to make them as good as you can. Matt Smith eight trying two Even now, I'm very superstitious, in silly ways. I always put my left boot on first. Or on set, I always tie my bow tie from right to left. Matt Smith boots ties silly At university I had a big coloured scarf and people would often say, 'All right, Doctor Who?' And, I thought, I rather liked that notion. Matt Smith scarves doctors people If I was making a tea advert, I would want to communicate about tea is that it can console you, it can start your day, there is the warmth and the ritual, and you can share it; you make someone a cup of tea and you offer it to them. Matt Smith cups want tea When you think about it, we’re all different people all through our lives, and that’s okay, that’s good, you’ve got to keep moving so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. Matt Smith long moving thinking I am a fan of a bright sock. They're bold. Matt Smith sock fans It's been four years. It's been the best four years. It's been wonderful, it's been a privilege to work under Steven Moffat. But I think when you gotta go, you gotta go It's sad, I'm going to miss it. I'm going to miss Comic-Con as well. It wasn't an easy decision, but I dunno, you can't play it forever. And, look, they'll get someone amazing and brilliant, and that's the great thing about the show. It continues, and it will get bigger and better. And you'll forget about me. Matt Smith play years thinking When something in life occurs that is troubling, we are supposed to not dwell on the thing itself. Instead, the focus should be on our obligation to turn this bad thing into something beautiful. It's not easy. But, if you focus your creative energy away from self-torture and onto ‘how you can turn this into something beautiful’ pretty remarkable things start to happen. Matt Smith focus self beautiful I always go back and do theater. I love it. It keeps an actor improving in a way, it sort of keeps your craft alive, if that makes sense. Matt Smith make-sense I'm not hugely technical with things, but I guess that the thing I use most is my iPhone, on a practical level. Matt Smith iphone levels use When I started Doctor Who Steven Moffat said, "That's it for the rest of your life." I'll be Doctor to a whole generation when they're 50. Matt Smith rest-of-your-life doctors generations Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. Matt Smith salt actors responsibility The fact that you've got zombies in this movie allows you to make slightly bolder choices tonally. Matt Smith zombie choices facts For clothes, I like Dover Street Market and Acne. For vintage, I go to Mint just off Seven Dials. For shoes, it's Church's and Russell & Bromley. Matt Smith vintage clothes shoes Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them. Matt Smith rocks stars worry I always steal a pair of socks on every photo shoot I do. It's my thing. Matt Smith sock pairs stealing I'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though. Matt Smith handsome villain enough Amy Pond is, er...I've sort of fallen in love with Amy Pond. Matt Smith amy-pond amy ponds My palette contains a warm and cool of each primary, plus four modifiers: Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Blue-Violet and Phthalo Yellow-Green just mix as I go for each painting. Matt Smith four blue yellow History will only ever be partial, to a large extent history tells us what we think should be remembered and what should be forgotten, I find that really problematic. Matt Smith should forgotten thinking
