78 Quotes by David Tennant

I'm as happy doing 'Postman Pat' as I am doing 'Hamlet.'

The bad guys probably get the better lines, don't they? And they wear less spandex. That would be quite good.

To me, it feels like 'The Doctor' has to have a long coat, and that's something imprinted on me from childhood, because he always did. And there's something heroic in a flapping coat, but at the same time, I need to get rid of it sometimes and just be a scrawny guy in a suit that doesn't quite fit.

The gritty indie films are a lot rarer than the films that aspire to fill multiplexes.

I was hugely formed by stories I was told as a child whether that was in a book, the cinema, theatre or television and probably television more than any medium is what influenced me as a child and formed my response to literature, story-telling and, therefore, the world around me.

I love a bit of political drama; 'The West Wing' is probably my favourite television series of all time.

I have such fond memories of watching 'Doctor Who' when I was a kid and growing up, that if I've left anybody anywhere with memories as fond, then I feel like I've done my job.

Unlike other enduring characters such as 'Sherlock Holmes' or 'Tarzan,' being the 'Doctor' allows you a certain freedom that is both very demanding and very thrilling. It allows you to make the character using elements of yourself.

Paula Milne was really the first thing that drew me to 'The Politician's Husband.'