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.”

“I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest.”

“Spiders - the way they move freaks me out. It's so malevolent.”

“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.”

“As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical.”

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

“Some people don't need to work hard because they are so talented.”

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

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

“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.”

“The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal.”

“I was always aware of 'Doctor Who,' but I didn't grow up with it.”

“I always steal a pair of socks on every photo shoot I do. It's my thing.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“I am a terrible sleeper.”

“I'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though.”

“I just love vampires.”