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
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He's been throwing the ball well all year. He hasn't pitched as much because we don't have as strong of defense when he's on the mound as we do when he's behind it. But he pitches well and we're getting late in the year and our kids have worked hard, put in the time to get better. Now at the end of the season we're playing a lot better than the beginning.
kids becoming footballer
I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer.
kids spiders used
Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that.
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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.
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As a kid, I knew all of the dinosaurs. It's one of those tragedies that I've forgotten what dinosaurs are cool.
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What he does a good job of doing is throwing strikes and getting ground balls. He got a lot of ground balls today.
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We're focusing on what our program is going to be rather than what it was.
Spiders - the way they move freaks me out. It's so malevolent.
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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.
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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.
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I'm awful at karaoke, but if I did have to sing, I'd go for my favourite Frank Sinatra song 'I've Got You Under My Skin.' The fact I love Frank is my grandfather's doing: he drummed it into me from a very early age that Frank Sinatra is God.
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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.
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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.
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I thought maybe he was a stickler about the dress code being on the road. I said, 'What do you mean?' and he said, 'The dress code is a little different in the big leagues.' I thought he was joking, but I know a manager wouldn't do that to a guy in my situation who had never been there.