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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When I write, I'm writing as a fan, and trying to come up with songs that I would want to listen to.
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Lyrical content is very important to me. I'm always trying to make sure the lyrics and music complement each other perfectly.
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I am writing from the heart and having a fresh approach to things. We [Theocracy] are obviously not trying to musically re-invent the wheel here, and you can certainly hear our influences, but we also don't sound like a copycat of any one band.
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As an actor, you'll have ten parts in 2015 - eight of them will go to the other actors above you and two of them you might be close to, and you try to make them as good as you can.
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A theocracy is a government ruled directly by God, and for us it means "Theocracy within". In other words, trying to live by God's principles instead of just living selfishly.
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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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We played very well to beat a team like Mountain View. They work hard across the entire field and can make life difficult during the game. But it's really great when you can get a shutout in a championship game.
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We've had cameras before, but this is three cameras in one and as cutting edge as you can get. It will give us as much as a month's worth of video images. It has superior day-night technology, pan-tilt and zoom capability and will give us an extremely high-quality image.
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Overnight ratings are dead. It's just not the way TV is sold any more.
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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.
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The asking price didn't mean anything. ... You can only get brushed off so many times. We stopped writing offers.
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The railroad is our only way in and out. In the bad flood of 1997, we walked the railroad tracks into town and rented a condo for three months.
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This will help me in making law. That background is very helpful.
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We know there are more local people with good ideas who simply need a bit of confidence and advice to take them forward. They can see others have done it and they're ready to have a go themselves.