I think the periods of being unsuccessful have made me a better actor. — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
You can't, as an actor, conduct yourself by making constant references to other people. — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
If I had gone to drama school, I wouldn't be sitting here now because it would have blanded me out; it would… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
Nowadays, kids... young actors... they go straight to L.A. before they've even done anything. — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
What you're doing is acting with yourself. Well, I'm my favourite actor, so in a way it's quite straightforward for me. — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
Before 'Local Hero,' I'd been knocking about Glasgow in rock bands, drinking too much and generally being 21. My opinion of actors… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I think acting, oftentimes it's not about lines, it's about spaces in between lines and expressions on people's faces and their relationships.… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I've been really terrible in a lot of things because I learned by making mistakes. That makes you a different kind of… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
At 17 years old, STG took me under its wing and shared its resources and wisdom with me, even allowing me to… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
Maybe it's because I've been an actor for such a long time, but I think, unless you're a big star, you don't… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
What annoys me about it is that your fate is always in somebody else's hands. It's always up to somebody else to… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I hated improvisation because in my early days as an actor, improvisation meant somebody had just come down from Oxford and they… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
Being asked to play 'The Doctor' is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share
I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing. — Peter Capaldi Copy Share
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… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share
I knew Richard E. Grant, and I went to him and said "Would you like to [play Kafka in the film]?" and he said… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share
It was great being brought up in a Glasgow working-class tenement. It wasn't miserable, and it wasn't poverty stricken. It felt very safe, full… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share
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… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share
One of the very, very exciting things I have found here in L.A. is that no one talks to you about being Scottish. Whereas,… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share
I think the nice thing about 'Doctor Who' is whether people like it or don't like it, somewhere, someone loves you and will always… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share
Even though I am a lifelong 'Doctor Who' fan, I've not played him since I was nine. I downloaded old scripts and practised those… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share
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 Copy Share
