The only time I've tried to make plans, the cosmic sledgehammer has intervened and something else has happened. You just have to wait and see what comes your way, so that's what I do. Peter Capaldi More Quotes by Peter Capaldi More Quotes From Peter Capaldi I wish I'd known that one day the geek would inherit the Earth. Peter Capaldi one-day earth wish Keep going and don't give up. You're doing wonderfully. You'll know how to fly this thing eventually. Peter Capaldi dont-give-up know-how giving-up I think the most extraordinary thing about fans is the level of excellence that they show in the work that they do. I mean, if you go onto the internet and see some of the fan videos that have been put together, they're just extraordinary; they could be programmes in their own right. Peter Capaldi excellence mean thinking There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones. Peter Capaldi pieces too-much clever I'd say, don't listen to what anyone says: you're good. Go put your anorak on. Get your thick bottle-top specs. Draw your little cartoons and your comics and keep writing to the BBC. Peter Capaldi bottles cartoon writing It'll be sad not to be Doctor Who anymore because that's an incredible thing to wake up in the morning and go, 'Oh, I'm still Doctor Who!' And you can go and blow up some monsters, and that's how you spend your day. And also when you walk around people don't see Peter anymore, he's not here, it's Doctor Who they see and he gets many more smiles than I do. It'll be sad to say goodbye. Peter Capaldi blow morning goodbye A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her. Peter Capaldi green girl breakfast The older I get, the more I think lightness of touch is an incredibly difficult thing to do. Peter Capaldi things-to-do difficult thinking I found American actors quite scary because they're brilliant actors and brilliantly funny, and they never stopped once you wound them up... off they went and they just deliver fantastic stuff. Peter Capaldi actors scary stuff Every viewer who ever turned on Doctor Who has taken him into his heart. He belongs to all of us. Peter Capaldi doctors taken heart I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make things. Peter Capaldi the-end-of-the-day clouds people I suppose I just like being arty. That's all. Arty. Peter Capaldi I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful. Peter Capaldi grateful coffee men My family has to be very patient living with me, if you're playing a part that's not you. You have to get it right. Peter Capaldi my-family patient ifs 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. So the events that occur are rarely life-changing. But with film, you can say that this thing only happened once; this is a major thing that happened to these people. Peter Capaldi life-changing color next-week I think that people like the idea that fans are sort of slightly eccentric and strange, but generally I've just found them very creative and warm and cheerful. Peter Capaldi people ideas thinking I'm pretty good for an old geek. Peter Capaldi geek 'Doctor Who' belongs to all of us. Everybody makes 'Doctor Who.' Peter Capaldi doctor-who doctors I haven't played Doctor Who since I was 9 on the playground. Peter Capaldi playgrounds doctors havens It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat. Peter Capaldi british storm film