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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Dalya Alberge

David Tennant calms his stage fright … with chocolate

David Tennant
David Tennant in the RSC’s Hamlet in 2008. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian

He is one of the biggest stars of stage and screen, from the Royal Shakespeare Company to Doctor Who, but even David Tennant suffers from nerves – and chocolate is one of his secrets to calming them, he has revealed.

The actor allowed himself exactly three squares of chocolate in every interval of one of his shows, finding “comfort in the routine”. “Being on stage is a bit like jumping out of a plane. I try and nail down the things I can control,” he said.

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