Matt Smith
Matt Smith
Best known to audiences for his BAFTA Award-winning role as the eleventh incarnation of The Doctor on the hit sci-fi series Doctor Who.
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth28 October 1982
CityNorthampton, England
choices zombie facts
The fact that you've got zombies in this movie allows you to make slightly bolder choices tonally.
iphone levels use
I'm not hugely technical with things, but I guess that the thing I use most is my iPhone, on a practical level.
responsibility actors salt
Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part.
vintage shoes clothes
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.
people together environment
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.
kids spiders used
Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that.
silly ties boots
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.
stars rocks worry
Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them.
ponds amy-pond amy
Amy Pond is, er...I've sort of fallen in love with Amy Pond.
kids doctors appreciate
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.
stupid brave be-brave
Be brave. Don't be afraid to be stupid.
color drawing design
You can eliminate color and still have a painting that works, but you must have drawing, value and design.
cynical
As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical.
silence stories loud
By not speaking you don't get rid of the story, you just open up a silence, which can be just as loud.