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title: "6 Else Quotes By Peter Capaldi"
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> [One of the very, very exciting things I have found here in L.A. is that no one talks to you about being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/one-of-the-very-very-exciting-things-i-have-found-here-in-l-a-is-that/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/peter-capaldi-2535_about_one-of-the-very-very-exciting-things-i-h_271905.jpg)

> [I went to art school in the days when it was what you did if you didn't want to be like everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-went-to-art-school-in-the-days-when-it-was-what-you-did-if-you-didn/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/peter-capaldi-2535_art_i-went-to-art-school-in-the-days-when-it_1219285.jpg)

> [I don't want to find myself at the age of 60 waiting by the telephone for someone else to decide if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-don-t-want-to-find-myself-at-the-age-of-60-waiting-by-the-telephone/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

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> [I don't like parties. There was never a party I was at where I didn't wish I was somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-don-t-like-parties-there-was-never-a-party-i-was-at-where-i-didn-t/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/peter-capaldi-2535_else_i-don-t-like-parties-there-was-never-a-p_2530378.png)

> [The only time I've tried to make plans, the cosmic sledgehammer has intervened and something else has happened. You just have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/the-only-time-i-ve-tried-to-make-plans-the-cosmic-sledgehammer-has/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/peter-capaldi-2535_cosmic_the-only-time-i-ve-tried-to-make-plans-t_2539058.png)

> [What annoys me about it is that your fate is always in somebody else's hands. It's always up to somebody else to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/what-annoys-me-about-it-is-that-your-fate-is-always-in-somebody-else/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

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## Other authors on Else

## More by Peter Capaldi

> [Being asked to play 'The Doctor' is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/being-asked-to-play-the-doctor-is-an-amazing-privilege-like-the/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-never-really-think-of-acting-and-directing-as-being-separate-they/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [I've only lost my temper three times in my whole life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-ve-only-lost-my-temper-three-times-in-my-whole-life/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [Comic-Con is so legendary, so a great thrill to be invited along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/comic-con-is-so-legendary-so-a-great-thrill-to-be-invited-along/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/it-ll-be-sad-not-to-be-doctor-who-anymore-because-that-s-an/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [The Americans just have a great sort of wit about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/the-americans-just-have-a-great-sort-of-wit-about-them/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [ I knew Richard E. Grant, and I went to him and said "Would you like to \[play Kafka in the film\]?" and he said… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-knew-richard-e-grant-and-i-went-to-him-and-said-would-you-like-to/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/it-was-great-being-brought-up-in-a-glasgow-working-class-tenement-it/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> ['Atlantic City' is very good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/atlantic-city-is-very-good/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/it-s-one-thing-getting-the-job-of-doctor-who-which-is-wonderful-and/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/one-of-the-very-very-exciting-things-i-have-found-here-in-l-a-is-that/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [Everybody loves monsters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/everybody-loves-monsters/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-think-the-nice-thing-about-doctor-who-is-whether-people-like-it-or/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/even-though-i-am-a-lifelong-doctor-who-fan-i-ve-not-played-him-since/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-m-not-an-extravagant-man-the-fact-that-i-can-have-a-coffee-out/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

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