Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part.
Overnight ratings are dead. It's just not the way TV is sold any more.
No, I'm not religious. At all. I'm an atheist.
I'm not hugely technical with things, but I guess that the thing I use most is my iPhone, on a practical level.
I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer.
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.
I think expectations of 'Doctor Who' should always be high, because it's a show that must always progress and get better and better.
I am a terrible sleeper.
I was always aware of 'Doctor Who,' but I didn't grow up with it.
I'd like to do a play in New York.
Big flashy things have my name written all over them. Well... not yet, give me time and a crayon.
I am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improblable dreams.
I think, that if the world were a bit more like ComicCon, it would be a better place.
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.
As a kid, I knew all of the dinosaurs. It's one of those tragedies that I've forgotten what dinosaurs are cool.
I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool.
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 laug...
There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level.
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.
I think Jennifer Saunders would be great in 'Doctor Who.'
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.
