Top 140 Quotes by Peter Capaldi

The higher your profile, the more people want you.

I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing.

I've always been interested in the idea of people who fell through the cracks.

I don't want to find myself at the age of 60 waiting by the telephone for someone else to decide if I am capable of being in what might be a crummy TV production.

For all I know, my grandfather was a bank robber in Kilsyth.

I think the periods of being unsuccessful have made me a better actor.

If I had gone to drama school, I wouldn't be sitting here now because it would have blanded me out; it would have just turned me into another actor.

I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make things.

Shouting at people keeps you alive, healthy, young, fresh.

Real heroes are all around us and uncelebrated.