Matt Smith Quotes & Sayings

I am terribly clumsy, so there is a plethora of walking into lamp-posts, falling over, dropping things, and ruining sofas. — Matt Smith

I think there are definite parallels between sport and art. There's a real sense of sacrifice. There's a real sense of dedication that is needed in sport that I think you can attribute to art. I think so much of it is about bravery and courage, being an actor. — Matt Smith

There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level. — Matt Smith

I don't think anything could prepare you for whatever fame is. Fame is a very hard word to define cause it means different things to different people for different reasons so I never really think of it [ackowledgment] as fame, I think of it as part of the actor's job. — Matt Smith

I quite like the idea of family. That's probably the greatest achievement in the world. I've got a lot to achieve workwise - I'd love to direct - but family would be good. — Matt Smith

Even now, I'm very superstitious, in silly ways. I always put my left boot on first. Or on set, I always tie my bow tie from right to left. — Matt Smith

A theocracy is a government ruled directly by God, and for us it means "Theocracy within". In other words, trying to live by God's principles instead of just living selfishly. — Matt Smith

There's rivalry between the Harry Potter fans and the Twilight fans. And Twilight fans think they're much cooler than the Harry Potter fans. And I'm like, I dunno why, they'd all get their butts kicked by the Doctor Who fans. — Matt Smith

Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the things in your life that you need to sacrifice to get the best out of yourself artistically. — Matt Smith

In 900 years of time and space, I've never met anyone who wasn't important — Matt Smith

I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool. — Matt Smith

In the landscape, colors are more neutral than you may think. Pay close attention to this. Small areas of rich color can make the whole painting look colorful. — Matt Smith

I think there's an interesting contradiction of having a young face and an old soul. There's something funny about it, and it also allows you to reinvent being old. — Matt Smith

I thought 'Skyfall' was a sumptuous film. — Matt Smith

I am writing from the heart and having a fresh approach to things. We [Theocracy] are obviously not trying to musically re-invent the wheel here, and you can certainly hear our influences, but we also don't sound like a copycat of any one band. — Matt Smith

So many more people recognise you and want to take up a moment of your time for a photo or a hello. You try to deal with it with grace and a degree of humour, because what's the alternative? — Matt Smith

I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest. — Matt Smith

We woke up today happy that it was Friday, but didn't know why. Every day is Friday for us. But we're still happy it's Friday. We — Matt Smith

One of the exciting things about producing a comic is seeing the artist stamp his own interpretation on it. — Matt Smith

Amy Pond is, er ... I've sort of fallen in love with Amy Pond. — Matt Smith

When I write, I'm writing as a fan, and trying to come up with songs that I would want to listen to. — Matt Smith

I just love vampires. — Matt Smith

I would be sitting in my flat watching TV, and 'Doctor Who' would be on with my flatmate there. I would have loved to share the fact that I was the new Doctor, but I couldn't. I was going mad. My dad was rather flabbergasted. When I told him, he laughed. He was excited, elated and very proud. — Matt Smith

I quite like the transitions of being an actor, because you get to explore these little pockets of life. So if you're playing a builder you get to know about building, if you're playing a scientist or a physician or something you get to know about physics. And similarly with this world I like exploring their culture, that very sort of upper middle class, addictive ... that's part of the reason I love it. — Matt Smith

I've always loved dinosaurs. — Matt Smith

Kids should feel afraid of 'Doctor Who.' All the adults I've talked to remember fondly being afraid when they were kids. That's part of the reason they remember it and love it. And if you're afraid in a controlled way, you sort of appreciate fear in some respect. — Matt Smith

I'd like to do a play in New York. — Matt Smith

At university I had a big coloured scarf and people would often say, 'All right, Doctor Who?' And, I thought, I rather liked that notion. — Matt Smith

I think Jennifer Saunders would be great in 'Doctor Who.' — Matt Smith

History will only ever be partial, to a large extent history tells us what we think should be remembered and what should be forgotten, I find that really problematic. — Matt Smith

Amy Pond, there's something you'd better understand about me 'cause it's important, and one day your life may depend on it: I am definitely a mad man with a box! — Matt Smith

I am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improblable dreams. — Matt Smith

When I'm painting outdoors, I only have time to think about what I'm saying, not how I'm saying it. — Matt Smith

Be brave. Don't be afraid to be stupid. — Matt Smith

Overnight ratings are dead. It's just not the way TV is sold any more. — Matt Smith

I constantly watch 'The Simpsons' and an English cartoon called 'The Raccoons' and 'Gummi Bears.' I was obsessed with ninja films, and the 'Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles,' I used to love that as well. — Matt Smith

I'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though. — Matt Smith

As a kid, I knew all of the dinosaurs. It's one of those tragedies that I've forgotten what dinosaurs are cool. — Matt Smith

Lyrical content is very important to me. I'm always trying to make sure the lyrics and music complement each other perfectly. — Matt Smith

There are great disciplines from being a sportsman that you can transfer into being an artist. The preparation, the sacrifice, the constant desire to improve. — Matt Smith

Spiders - the way they move freaks me out. It's so malevolent. — Matt Smith

It's very rare that I play cool people. I'm not sure what that says about me. — Matt Smith

I think that, if the world was a bit more like Comic-Con, we'd all be a little happier. — Matt Smith

The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal. — Matt Smith

I am a fan of a bright sock. They're bold. — Matt Smith

There's something very intimate about taking someone's work, turning it over and unpicking it. In the same way people have unique handwriting people have a sewing style. You do start building a fantasy relationship with the person. — Matt Smith

Some people don't need to work hard because they are so talented. — Matt Smith

I'm not a tweeter or a Facebooker or a Grammer. I'm a real grump when it comes to technology. I'm like, come on, just write me a letter. — Matt Smith

If I was making a tea advert, I would want to communicate about tea is that it can console you, it can start your day, there is the warmth and the ritual, and you can share it; you make someone a cup of tea and you offer it to them. — Matt Smith

I'm particularly inspired by pristine locations. I enjoy working in areas where one can travel for miles without seeing any human influence. — Matt Smith

The majority of romantic comedy movies have nothing to do with love, but everything to do with infatuation. — Matt Smith

I always steal a pair of socks on every photo shoot I do. It's my thing. — Matt Smith

Nothing can prepare you for the changes that take place in your life - for the changes, not only in my life, but my family's. Nothing can prepare you for the enormity and the transition that you go through. — Matt Smith

It's hard work, 'Doctor Who,' but let's be frank about it, I'm fortunate to be rewarded in the ways that I am. I don't just mean financially, I mean the nature of the part and everything that comes with it. — Matt Smith

As an actor, you'll have ten parts in 2015 - eight of them will go to the other actors above you and two of them you might be close to, and you try to make them as good as you can. — Matt Smith

We didn't start Theocracy because we wanted to be cool like so-and-so and make money. Our songs aren't trendy, and our lyrics hopefully make people think about certain concepts in a new way. — Matt Smith

I'm not hugely technical with things, but I guess that the thing I use most is my iPhone, on a practical level. — Matt Smith

Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. — Matt Smith

Time travel is such a magic concept. — Matt Smith

By not speaking you don't get rid of the story, you just open up a silence, which can be just as loud. — Matt Smith

It's been four years. It's been the best four years. It's been wonderful, it's been a privilege to work under Steven Moffat. But I think when you gotta go, you gotta go It's sad, I'm going to miss it. I'm going to miss Comic-Con as well. It wasn't an easy decision, but I dunno, you can't play it forever. And, look, they'll get someone amazing and brilliant, and that's the great thing about the show. It continues, and it will get bigger and better. And you'll forget about me. — Matt Smith

If I see a spider in the flat, I try to get a cup and a piece of paper and throw it out of the window. I can't kill them because they're good for catching flies. — Matt Smith

I'm awful at karaoke, but if I did have to sing, I'd go for my favourite Frank Sinatra song 'I've Got You Under My Skin.' The fact I love Frank is my grandfather's doing: he drummed it into me from a very early age that Frank Sinatra is God. — Matt Smith

I can't think of anyone else I'd travel around the universe with than Amy Pond. — Matt Smith

I think Christians should be leaders in art, science, philanthropy, charity, and all kinds of good works. We should be good examples for everyone. Unfortunately though, that's not often the case. — Matt Smith

My palette contains a warm and cool of each primary, plus four modifiers: Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Blue-Violet and Phthalo Yellow-Green just mix as I go for each painting. — Matt Smith

If I could film, we'd film every episode of 'Doctor Who' in New York. I have an affinity with the city. It has some wonderful locations and it is devastatingly vast and huge. Central Park looks amazing on camera. — Matt Smith

I started writing songs in high school and always wanted to have a band, and eventually my creative endeavors developed into Theocracy. So in some ways, you could say the vision has been there since I started writing songs. — Matt Smith

I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It's about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that's what makes it interesting. — Matt Smith

Making people think about data outside of the office environment somehow makes it easier to connect with the issue you are trying to overcome within it. — Matt Smith

I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing. — Matt Smith

I asked for a piano in the TARDIS, but it hasn't happened. I'd love to see the Doctor rock up and play, but it'd have to be done in an inventive and silly way. — Matt Smith

If you want to give it a good go, you've got to make some sacrifices and be as dedicated as you can be. Particularly with 'Doctor Who.' It's two or three hours of line-learning a night. — Matt Smith

Every two weeks on 'Doctor Who,' the set is completely different, the world is different and there are new actors coming in. So, it's constantly surprising, and it's a pressure that you relish, actually. — Matt Smith

When I started Doctor Who Steven Moffat said, "That's it for the rest of your life." I'll be Doctor to a whole generation when they're 50. — Matt Smith

Big flashy things have my name written all over them. Well ... not yet, give me time and a crayon. — Matt Smith

I think you can hear the struggles and hear a realness in Theocracy songs, a human element that you don't get from a lot of the typical Christian stuff. — Matt Smith

A lot of times, people have forgotten about an album by the time it's released, because it leaked three months earlier. Very strange days we live in. — Matt Smith

I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. — Matt Smith

No, I'm not religious. At all. I'm an atheist. — Matt Smith

I think expectations of 'Doctor Who' should always be high, because it's a show that must always progress and get better and better. — Matt Smith

As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical. — Matt Smith

Read about a few men who wear (or wore) bow ties as an act of defiance, and check out a tie that makes a strong statement. Bow ties are cool. — Matt Smith

I think, that if the world were a bit more like ComicCon, it would be a better place. — Matt Smith

Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that. — Matt Smith

Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them. — Matt Smith

The fact that you've got zombies in this movie allows you to make slightly bolder choices tonally. — Matt Smith

As an actor I can sort of smell a duff note, that isn't full of that much conviction. My worst thing with directors is when I know more than them about the character. — Matt Smith

For clothes, I like Dover Street Market and Acne. For vintage, I go to Mint just off Seven Dials. For shoes, it's Church's and Russell & Bromley. — Matt Smith

You can eliminate color and still have a painting that works, but you must have drawing, value and design. — Matt Smith

It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States. — Matt Smith

Sometimes when you lose your mobile phone, even though it's frustrating, it's sort of rewarding in many ways because, though we do rely on them a lot, we are not reliant on them. The world continues without. — Matt Smith

Police boxes, tweed blazers and bow ties feel quite English, but I think that is one of his virtues, one of the strengths of 'Doctor Who.' — Matt Smith

No one can improve on nature's landscapes. I feel I've hit the mark when I've captured a balance between mood, look, and feel ... when viewers say they sense the desert heat, or the chill of a mountain snowfall. — Matt Smith

I am a terrible sleeper. — Matt Smith

Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story. — Matt Smith

I was always aware of 'Doctor Who,' but I didn't grow up with it. — Matt Smith

I'm interested in how a lot of people pull objects together to form an environment that we feel reflects ourselves or makes us feel comfortable. — Matt Smith

There's too much of everything - too many bands, too many albums, too much information all the time. You're seeing fewer album releases treated as big events, because of the influx. It's almost a "here this week, forgotten next week" thing. — Matt Smith