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Peter Capaldi Biography

Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and Malcolm Tucker the spin doctor in The Thick of It, for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role in In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

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It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat.

Afloat, British, Film, Storm, Thankfully

I hate restaurants that play music. You come out for a quiet meal, and you're supposed to put up with all this booming. Why? It's madness!

Booming, Hate, Madness, Meal, Meals, Play

A little showbiz never hurt anyone.

Hurt, Littles, Showbiz

I think that people like the idea that fans are sort of slightly eccentric and strange, but generally I've just found them very creative and warm and cheerful.

Creative, Generally, Idea, Ideas, People, Thinking

One of the problems with episodic television of any color is that everything has got to be okay at the end of the episode so it can start again next week. So the events that occur are rarely life-changing. But with film, you can say that this thing only happened once; this is a major thing that happened to these people.

Color, Episodic, Life Changing, Next Week, Okay, Start

'Doctor Who' belongs to all of us. Everybody makes 'Doctor Who. '

Belongs, Doctor, Doctor Who, Doctors, Everybody

If you actually have to engage with somebody who's superior to you and actually battle with them, struggle with them, I think it's more interesting, and funnier for the audience.

Engage, Funnier, Interesting, Struggle, Thinking

There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones.

Clever, Mechanics, Piece, Pieces, Thing, Too Much

A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her.

Breakfast, Girl, Green, Kensal

My family has to be very patient living with me, if you're playing a part that's not you. You have to get it right.

Ifs, My Family, Part, Patient, Playing

I think the most extraordinary thing about fans is the level of excellence that they show in the work that they do. I mean, if you go onto the internet and see some of the fan videos that have been put together, they're just extraordinary; they could be programmes in their own right.

Excellence, Extraordinary, Fan, Mean, Thinking, Work

I'm a huge fan of The Sopranos, and suddenly, you find yourself going one-to-one with this guy who you've been watching for years, watching every flicker in his eye and every detail on his face.

Eye, Face, Guy, Sopranos, Watching, Years

The older I get, the more I think lightness of touch is an incredibly difficult thing to do.

Difficult, Incredibly, Lightness, Older, Things To Do, Thinking

I'm sure if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing classic guitar solos on YouTube.

Alive, Guitar, Live For Today, Shakespeare, Solos

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

Came, Dream, Fun, Loved, Scribbling, Smoking

I was amazed to go Oscar and win it. It was fantastic getting up on the stage there and looking down. I thought, "That guy looks like Steve Martin, and that guy's like Arnold Schwarzenegger. " But it was Steve Martin, and it was Arnold Schwarzenegger. Then they have this terrible kind of conveyor belt backstage - literally - where they take you to this big hangar where the world's press are gathered, and they make you stand on a stage, and they introduce you.

Guy, Like, Looks, Stage, Stand, Winning

I'm so lucky to have worked with Burt Lancaster, who I remember was one of the first people I'd heard swearing in a really interesting way.

Burt, Interesting, Lucky, People

I suppose I just like being arty. That's all. Arty.

Arty, Like, Suppose

There is no greater symbol of the artistic spirit of Scotland than the Mackintosh building. But more than that it is a symbol of where art belongs, rising as it does out of the heart of a great city. A mighty castle on a hill, it is a part of me, and of all Glaswegians.

Art, Artistic, Belongs, Building, Cities, Scotland

I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make things.

Clouds, Day, Make, People, Pick, The End Of The Day

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