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 Image
I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing. — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
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… — 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 yeah, and then suddenly I had all these people who were happy to come along. We got a little bit of money from Scottish Screen to pay for it. I got so many favors because I… — 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 Image
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 Image
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, if you are in London and you are trying to put films together and be a film-maker, there is a kind of unspoken sense that, if you are Scottish, you have something to overcome or else… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share
