Peter Capaldi Quotations | Page 2

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.

My adolescence was a kind of motorway pile-up. I wish I had known that one day the geek would inherit the Earth.

I think the periods of being unsuccessful have made me a better actor.

I don't think I would have been great in the 17th century. I would have enjoyed the frocks, and certainly some of the food would have been appealing, but the disease and hygiene would have worried me.

I was always admiring people who seemed to conduct themselves with ease in the world. Maybe that's a great gift to give your kids if you can do that. Because they can move through the world without neurosis, this anxiety about everything, which our own parents gave us.

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

I didn't want to be Doctor Who in a 'Doctor Who' that I didn't like.

Recently, I dreamed that I returned home to find my wife had married Ray Winstone. They were kind and let me stay, but the whole thing was awkward.

The biggest problem of all is that it's very difficult to tell my daughter, 'Swearing is not clever or funny,' because I earn a living by swearing.

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