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Peter Capaldi

(1958) Actor Italy

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Peter Capaldi is an actor from Italy, best known for Grotlyn.

Quick Facts About Peter Capaldi

Born: April 14, 1958
Nationality: Italy
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Grotlyn
Spouse: Elaine Collins

About Peter Capaldi

Peter Dougan Capaldi is a Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2013–2017) and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It (2005–2012), for which he received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

BAFTA Award for Best Short Film Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance

Quotes 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…

Amazing

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I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing.

Acting

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I've only lost my temper three times in my whole life.

Life

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Comic-Con is so legendary, so a great thrill to be invited along.

Adventure

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It'll be sad not to be Doctor Who anymore because that's an incredible thing to wake up in the morning and go,…

Blow

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The Americans just have a great sort of wit about them.

About

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I knew Richard E. Grant, and I went to him and said "Would you like to [play Kafka in the film]?" and…

Bits

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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…

Glasgow

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'Atlantic City' is very good.

Atlantic

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It's one thing getting the job of Doctor Who, which is wonderful. And then the next thing they say to you is,…

Doctor

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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…

About

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Everybody loves monsters.

Body love

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I think the nice thing about 'Doctor Who' is whether people like it or don't like it, somewhere, someone loves you and…

Doctor

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Even though I am a lifelong 'Doctor Who' fan, I've not played him since I was nine. I downloaded old scripts and…

Am

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I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful.

Coffee

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I was always admiring people who seemed to conduct themselves with ease in the world. Maybe that's a great gift to give…

About

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What you're doing is acting with yourself. Well, I'm my favourite actor, so in a way it's quite straightforward for me.

Acting

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I think all actors experience ups and downs.

Experience

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There are only a handful of really good TV programmes, and I'm blessed to be in one of them.

Blessed

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I could make the title of my memoirs: 'It's got cinematic disaster written all over it.'

Could

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When I first came to London, I loved hanging around in cafes, smoking, scribbling, dreaming. It was life-affirming and fun.

Fun

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I don't go to pubs.

Go

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My family know not to get me any tech for Christmas. I can never get it to work, and it all becomes…

Becomes

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If I was to meet my eight-year-old self, I would say, 'Don't listen to what they say about you. Wear your anorak…

About

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I'm not saying that all politicians are awful. I don't know any of them well enough to say whether they're awful or…

Day

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