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When I'm painting outdoors, I only have time to think about what I'm saying, not how I'm saying it.

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Matt Smith
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: October 28
Accountant
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Matthew Robert Smith
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When you think about it, we’re all different people all through our lives, and that’s okay, that’s good, you’ve got to keep moving so long as you remember all the people that you used to be.
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By not speaking you don't get rid of the story, you just open up a silence, which can be just as loud.
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I am terribly clumsy, so there is a plethora of walking into lamp-posts, falling over, dropping things, and ruining sofas.
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I constantly watch 'The Simpsons' and an English cartoon called 'The Raccoons' and 'Gummi Bears.' I was obsessed with ninja films, and the 'Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles,' I used to love that as well.
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When I started Doctor Who Steven Moffat said, That's it for the rest of your life. I'll be Doctor to a whole generation when they're 50.
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Time travel is such a magic concept.
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I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer.
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I'm not a tweeter or a Facebooker or a Grammer. I'm a real grump when it comes to technology. I'm like, come on, just write me a letter.
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I think you can hear the struggles and hear a realness in Theocracy songs, a human element that you don't get from a lot of the typical Christian stuff.
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As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical.
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