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"I'm not very dainty with the tights situation."
John Simm, you are an odd, odd man.
I just watched the confidential for End of Time 1. Apart from the fact that watching confidentials makes me ridiculously happy--I love watching the show, of course, but watching the confidentials is much more likely to make me tear up and jump up and down with glee, because seeing so many people working on something I love and seeing them love it just as much is just wonderful--I also find it really interesting to see the reaction of the actors to what the script had them doing. In this case, of course, John I-am-six-billion-people Simm was the most interesting.
When Simm gives an interview, he never looks at the person he's talking to. He doesn't look at the camera, anyway, of course, but you will very rarely see him looking at the interviewer, either. He usually looks down, or sideways, or is scratching his cheek or whatever, just to be able to avoid looking at the interviewer. He seems really embarrassed when he's talking about his acting and his work. Except then, from time to time, you get these little moments when he forgets that he's being interviewed, and then you get quotes like the one I used as a subject for this entry. (Which, by the way, had me pausing the confidential and just lol'ing for a good minute. I feel your pain, John. I am not very dainty with the tights situation, either.)
But, yes. John Simm seems to be a bit of an odd guy. Not odd in a bad way, of course. It must be hard, though, having to feel so awkward and embarrassed about something you're so bloody good at--acting, in this case. Or maybe it's not that. Maybe he's just not very good with being aware of what he should and shouldn't say, and gets paranoid about it. Which is understandable, if you consider that this is the guy who freely shared that he used to be a cage dancer. >_>
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I just watched the confidential for End of Time 1. Apart from the fact that watching confidentials makes me ridiculously happy--I love watching the show, of course, but watching the confidentials is much more likely to make me tear up and jump up and down with glee, because seeing so many people working on something I love and seeing them love it just as much is just wonderful--I also find it really interesting to see the reaction of the actors to what the script had them doing. In this case, of course, John I-am-six-billion-people Simm was the most interesting.
When Simm gives an interview, he never looks at the person he's talking to. He doesn't look at the camera, anyway, of course, but you will very rarely see him looking at the interviewer, either. He usually looks down, or sideways, or is scratching his cheek or whatever, just to be able to avoid looking at the interviewer. He seems really embarrassed when he's talking about his acting and his work. Except then, from time to time, you get these little moments when he forgets that he's being interviewed, and then you get quotes like the one I used as a subject for this entry. (Which, by the way, had me pausing the confidential and just lol'ing for a good minute. I feel your pain, John. I am not very dainty with the tights situation, either.)
But, yes. John Simm seems to be a bit of an odd guy. Not odd in a bad way, of course. It must be hard, though, having to feel so awkward and embarrassed about something you're so bloody good at--acting, in this case. Or maybe it's not that. Maybe he's just not very good with being aware of what he should and shouldn't say, and gets paranoid about it. Which is understandable, if you consider that this is the guy who freely shared that he used to be a cage dancer. >_>
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I'd probably be the sort whose agent would go WHY, why did you tell them all of that?
Ahaha, I think Simm's agent must have moments like that. Agent: WHY did you tell them you used to cage dance? -- Simm: Um. They asked? >_>
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