David on his character Chris in Learners:
"It was time to set the record straight," he joked. "I'd made a couple of deeply inaccurate appearances in some of those 'sexy men' charts.
"Nothing could be further from the truth and this film should help to right that wrong forever!"
Describing his character, Chris, as "not the sexiest article in the world", David admits that his wardrobe in the show wasn't exactly high fashion.
"What he wears isn't geek chic - it's just geek," he said. "Suits and trainers is geek chic, but not milk bottle glasses and a haircut from 1964.
"He's not someone who ever considers what he looks like."
March 6, 2012
David on being famous from Ubizymag November 2007 in an interview with Marc Baker:
"Fame is not something I chase and it takes a bit of getting used to. It's a bit weird the first time a photographer chases you down the street. But it's churlish to complain about it. I like being recognised for what I do and I'm proud of what I do - being a well-known actor is a very privileged position. I don't talk about my private life- I chose to define my own boundaries and not take every available publicity opportunity. I don't think I would have coped very well at 21 so I'm glad I've had a few years working first before dealing with being famous."
"Fame is not something I chase and it takes a bit of getting used to. It's a bit weird the first time a photographer chases you down the street. But it's churlish to complain about it. I like being recognised for what I do and I'm proud of what I do - being a well-known actor is a very privileged position. I don't talk about my private life- I chose to define my own boundaries and not take every available publicity opportunity. I don't think I would have coped very well at 21 so I'm glad I've had a few years working first before dealing with being famous."
March 5, 2012
According to The Scotsman David likes to drink his whisky "long". Well that's what he ordered at the 2005 BAFTA's at any rate. In general bartending terms long or tall drinks are mixed drinks.
In this case long means getting the whisky with ginger beer and a squeeze of lime. When made with Famous Grouse the sponsor of the bar that night coincidentally, the drink is called a Ginger Grouse and you can get it already mixed and on tap in the UK. In the US in the 1870's this drink was called a Scottish Lass, no reflection on our masculine Time Lord, and then in the early 1900's it became known as a Mamie Taylor.
Today in the US it is much more common to mix whisky with ginger ale as you only find ginger beer in specialty stores here these days.
As most purist's would say whisky should always be "neat" I leave you with a great quote from Darrell Goodliffe- "Matt Smith is a pale imitation of David Tennant – it’s a bit like drinking whiskey and then a whiskey chaser."
In this case long means getting the whisky with ginger beer and a squeeze of lime. When made with Famous Grouse the sponsor of the bar that night coincidentally, the drink is called a Ginger Grouse and you can get it already mixed and on tap in the UK. In the US in the 1870's this drink was called a Scottish Lass, no reflection on our masculine Time Lord, and then in the early 1900's it became known as a Mamie Taylor.
Today in the US it is much more common to mix whisky with ginger ale as you only find ginger beer in specialty stores here these days.
As most purist's would say whisky should always be "neat" I leave you with a great quote from Darrell Goodliffe- "Matt Smith is a pale imitation of David Tennant – it’s a bit like drinking whiskey and then a whiskey chaser."
March 4, 2012
David on the love scenes in Casanova with some great quotes!!
For a show the tabloids have billed as a “sizzling bonkfest”, there’s not much nudity in it, is there?
David Tennant, the BBC’s new Casanova, takes this as a complaint. “No,” he laughs, rubbing his palms in mock salaciousness, “but there’s lots of sex.”
While relieved that not too much of his whippet-thin body would be bared in the three-part drama, he fretted that a decorous approach to the sex might be dull without “a bit of bum now and again” — but now he is pleased they did it that way. “When you start looking at actresses’ tits, it becomes a different thing — this way, it’s fun.”
Like most actors, Tennant is regularly mortified by the prospect of explicit love scenes, but the action here happens under corsets, behind canopies, beneath skirts: a rompy, rather than erotic, affair. The worst bit, for him, was a flashback sequence of remembered encounters (the older, reminiscing Casanova is played by Peter O’Toole), including quickies with elderly ladies. One of them was at least 70, I tease him. “Yes, but all she did was rip off my shirt. It was, ‘ Hello, Cynthia, I’ll be under your skirt, okay?’ I felt sorry for them. It was easier for me. They were only there for the day to get orgasmic on cue.”
Taken from Lesley White's interview in the Sunday Times March 6, 2005
For a show the tabloids have billed as a “sizzling bonkfest”, there’s not much nudity in it, is there?
David Tennant, the BBC’s new Casanova, takes this as a complaint. “No,” he laughs, rubbing his palms in mock salaciousness, “but there’s lots of sex.”
While relieved that not too much of his whippet-thin body would be bared in the three-part drama, he fretted that a decorous approach to the sex might be dull without “a bit of bum now and again” — but now he is pleased they did it that way. “When you start looking at actresses’ tits, it becomes a different thing — this way, it’s fun.”
Like most actors, Tennant is regularly mortified by the prospect of explicit love scenes, but the action here happens under corsets, behind canopies, beneath skirts: a rompy, rather than erotic, affair. The worst bit, for him, was a flashback sequence of remembered encounters (the older, reminiscing Casanova is played by Peter O’Toole), including quickies with elderly ladies. One of them was at least 70, I tease him. “Yes, but all she did was rip off my shirt. It was, ‘ Hello, Cynthia, I’ll be under your skirt, okay?’ I felt sorry for them. It was easier for me. They were only there for the day to get orgasmic on cue.”
Taken from Lesley White's interview in the Sunday Times March 6, 2005
March 3, 2012
A little while ago I posted David's first picture in a London paper today I thought I'd treat you to David's first appearance as a professional actor in the press. (as fr as I can find!!!)
This is David rehearing for The Ghost of Benji O'Neil:
For more info on the production click here THANKS to Tommy Crocket
This is David rehearing for The Ghost of Benji O'Neil:
March 2, 2012
David took part in The Globe's Read Not Dead series twice, once in 1999 and again in 2004. The plays he did were Edward III often attributed to William Shakespeare and The Fleer written by Edward Sharpham in 1606.
David read Edward the Black Prince in Edward III which was directed by Clive Brill, who he has worked with many,many times. In The Fleer David read the part of Lord Piso.
Excerpt from Spring 2004 Shakespeare Bulletin by LucyMunro:
"Since 1993, the Education Department of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has been bringing dead plays to life in a series of Sunday afternoon staged readings, now titled "Read Not Dead." The series aims eventually to perform and record the 400-plus extant non-Shakespearean plays performed in the professional theatres between 1567 and 1642. The plays are performed by professional casts, who receive the scripts around a week in advance--if they are lucky; some actors are drafted in at the last minute and may get the script only hours before the reading--and get one rehearsal/run-through before performing the play, scripts in hand. As Gabriel Egan writes, the aim was originally "to invite actors who supported the cause to ply their craft rather than simply to turn up to receptions to endorse a 'product,' and to counter fears that Shakespeare's Globe would be Shakespeare-centric." For actors, the plays are a unique opportunity to take roles that they would be unlikely to encounter elsewhere, and to demonstrate their versatility by playing more than one part in the same play. Audiences are able to see--and, just as importantly, to hear--plays which may never have been revived in the 400-odd years since they were first performed, and to see, as Pepys saw, the mechanics of the theatre in action."
David read Edward the Black Prince in Edward III which was directed by Clive Brill, who he has worked with many,many times. In The Fleer David read the part of Lord Piso.
Excerpt from Spring 2004 Shakespeare Bulletin by LucyMunro:
"Since 1993, the Education Department of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has been bringing dead plays to life in a series of Sunday afternoon staged readings, now titled "Read Not Dead." The series aims eventually to perform and record the 400-plus extant non-Shakespearean plays performed in the professional theatres between 1567 and 1642. The plays are performed by professional casts, who receive the scripts around a week in advance--if they are lucky; some actors are drafted in at the last minute and may get the script only hours before the reading--and get one rehearsal/run-through before performing the play, scripts in hand. As Gabriel Egan writes, the aim was originally "to invite actors who supported the cause to ply their craft rather than simply to turn up to receptions to endorse a 'product,' and to counter fears that Shakespeare's Globe would be Shakespeare-centric." For actors, the plays are a unique opportunity to take roles that they would be unlikely to encounter elsewhere, and to demonstrate their versatility by playing more than one part in the same play. Audiences are able to see--and, just as importantly, to hear--plays which may never have been revived in the 400-odd years since they were first performed, and to see, as Pepys saw, the mechanics of the theatre in action."
March 1, 2012
Since March comes in like a lion, I thought I would post this comment about David's breakout performance - Takin Over the Asylum was David coming into show biz "like a lion"
"David Tennant , who was Campbell the would-be DJ assistant and patient at St Jude's Mental Hospital, is clearly a name to remember. And this comedy/drama is shaping up as a 'must'. It's just a pity that the Beeb didn't have the bottle to give it the BBC1 slot it deserved." -Daily Record - October 1, 1994
"David Tennant , who was Campbell the would-be DJ assistant and patient at St Jude's Mental Hospital, is clearly a name to remember. And this comedy/drama is shaping up as a 'must'. It's just a pity that the Beeb didn't have the bottle to give it the BBC1 slot it deserved." -Daily Record - October 1, 1994
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