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 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 really have much control over anything. I've never been able to make any plans. — 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 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… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
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 Image
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,… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
![“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 knew people in…” quote by Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/850/peter-capaldi-2535_bits_i-knew-richard-e-grant-and-i-went-to-him_238430.jpg)
