Catherine Tate.
“I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral.“
Catherine Tate
Of course you can expect a fannish work here obviously, not a high journalism. This is an appreciation of a fan who adores a said person as much as you can adore a person you never personally met.
It’s something that is very difficult to understand for people who doesn’t share the same feelings and in some cultures (meaning my household) is considered a part of a mental disease and it needs to be cured by normality.
Phew normality, I say and throw myself in the beautiful world of one Catherine Tate.
I live in a country when Catherine Tate doesn’t exist; she is a part of the “outside” world, the world we Slovaks are still taking only the other, no appealing parts. Yeah, reality shows. But thanks to the awesome people at LJ I came to be curious about Doctor Who and this not overly complicated way came to Catherine.
If I should be completely honest, Donna Noble piqued my interest, Lauren Cooper made me laugh but it was Catherine herself who made me completely love her. When I feel like shit, when I want to laugh I don’t watch Catherine Tate Show (with an exception of Doctor Who comic relief special), I look on YouTube to find her interviews on various talk shows (mainly Graham Norton and Alan Carr) and the Doctor Who episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, these are ones to brighten my day.
Catherine’s humor presented in The Catherine Tate Show was never my cup of coffee, sometimes it’s too crude but it’s certainly has moments when my stomach hurts from laughing, I’m a fan of dry British humor which she certainly has but it’s not the base of her comedy (is my opinion, you can completely disagree with me). But despite that she still completely won me over.
I don’t find important mentioning her biography, every single one of you either knows the important details or could find an article that represents her way better than this couple of words. But there were things that got my attention at first sight.
They say it’s a cliché when actor says he’s naturally shy, when don’t see it so we don’t believe it, it’s natural for us too. For us, who were born with this horrible character trait, seems impossible to act as spontaneous as Catherine does in most of the interviews. But in my opinion, sometimes when she has trouble forming words, it makes me realize that it really maybe for her more difficult that we all can imagine.
“When I was little I was so shy and I didn’t like people looking at me, so rather than telling the teacher that I needed to use the toilet by putting my hand up… I used to sit and wet myself.”
“So I used to sit on story corner and think, “oh it’ll be so embarrassing if I put my hand up and say I want to go to the toilet, cause everyone will know I need do a wee-wee.” Just piss yourself now!”
(on Chatty Man Christmas 2010)
“When I was young, though I was shy, I was a bit flamboyant,' she says. 'And that used to make people laugh, which was important at a self-conscious age. And I realised that if you get yourself labelled as the funny one, people don't look any further. I've used that as I've got older. It's controlling: I decide what part of my personality you're seeing, I make the decisions on your behalf. I don't want you to look at me, I really don't. I don't want you to comment on my clothes, or my hair, or the way I look.”
( from Catherine the Great)
That’s probably the only proof you’ll get, but do you need more proof of her awesomeness? No problem, prepare for the ride, we are starting
Doctor Who //
I think it’s quite obvious that I love Who. I started loving Rose but Donna won me over already in Runaway Bride. I will forever thankful that this show brought me to Catherine and Donna will be forever one of my favorite characters. She is just like us, not confident, unhappy with her own life, just waiting for something big to happen. Then she meets the Doctor and decided to change that. She gives me strength and hope. Thank you for that!
“Bizarrely, the tabloids had gotten on to the idea that I was going to be the new Doctor Who. Now in my rational mind, I knew that I wasn’t going to be the new Doctor Who because I presume they would have told me. But the speculation was so rife and they were on the phone every day between Christmas and New Year, wanting a comment, saying ‘Come on, it’s coming out’, that I actually thought - for a brief moment - I thought… ‘Maybe it’s me.’ “
“I couldn't have been more surprised. I went out to lunch with [executive producer] Julie Gardner and I thought we were just there to chat. When people say, "My jaw hit the floor", I know what they mean! I made my decision as soon as they suggested it - it just took a while to work out the logistics.“
David Tennant //
Everybody says they have chemistry and no one can say it’s not true. These two people formed a relationship that is very difficult to label. They are friends in the world of fame and they aren’t afraid of showing it. I love every single shot out to something that the other one sometimes said. We all know what Catherine thinks about David’s love of sci-fi and we all know how much David laughs about her love for astrology. And yes, I can’t help but ship them a little because really, when I think about perfection, I look at them!
Their friendship could have their own article on many, many pages but this one is about Catherine. I think David influences her greatly, you can see how comfortably she feels in any show he is with her in. All their co-hosting, being at Jonathan Ross, Allan Carr or Graham Norton. She just a bit different around him, more honest, more open and my opinion is too, more herself.
Catherine Tate is an actress, which means she acts her way through life. It’s not bad, it’s normal. But with David, the mask always slips a little and we can see what he is only privy to see and because of this, I hope they will be working in the future more together than apart.
"I've become Mystic Meg," she laments. "That's one of the things David and I argue about, because he has no patience with it. But I'd say, well, it's more than a parlour game. I don't mean your stars in the paper - but I am interested in the alignment of the planets and the characteristics of the houses. I also know, categorically, unquestionably, when Mercury's in retrograde I'm always late, the trains are delayed and things don't turn out right. And that will happen twice a year."
Fame monster //
You still can say that she doesn’t quite believe the popularity she has. She knows she has fans, she knows people are watching her. But there is always doubt, in every word, every gesture. She is so humble and real and its one of the reasons I adore her.
"That's the poisoned chalice when you're shy, people assume you're arrogant," she admits.
Hit and run with real life //
"Ooh," she recalls, her face crumpling in memory. "It's that thing where you're not interested in someone until someone tells you they fancy you. And then suddenly you're 'Oh, right', you start making the case for it, don't you? And then when they go off you, you're left with this awful crush." (Oh, how I know what are you talking about:)
" Positivity is a great thing, but I genuinely can't communicate with people who START RIGHT HERE [she mimics, raising her voice]. You think: God, bring it down. Mainly because they're usually desperately unhappy. I admire it in one sense because of the sheer amount of effort - and I'm fairly lazy, so I couldn't commit to that kind of endurance test every day. But on the other end of the spectrum, I can't bear people who mope. Moping is horrible."
'I do worry terribly,' she says, 'about things I have no power over.'
"If I could help other people with it, I would, but I'm not sure the way to do it is to be saying, I had postnatal depression [her voice takes off into stratospheric, celebrity mode] but now I've got a comedy show!"
Much Ado About Nothing //
I literally went to London just to see this play. It hadn’t work out completely the way I wanted it too since David lost his voice that evening but I still got to see Catherine and I know for sure that I won’t ever forget this perfect evening. This memory would be treasured even when my life moves forward and Catherine Tate would be someone I adored in the past.
"It's never been a point of reference to look to a man," she tells me today. "It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence."
"I do think that those really, really cheerful people are probably manic depressives. Or murderers."
"This cat has changed my life, this cat is why I'm giving up my 'it's cool to be negative' because I cannot be negative round this cat. I love this cat. I just love him."
"She can appear quiet but you mustn't underestimate her. When she's focused on something, she's a tour de force." - Geoffrey Perkins, producer of The Catherine Tate Show
Gif and quotes belong to their respective owners, mine are only some of those words!
Catherine Tate
Of course you can expect a fannish work here obviously, not a high journalism. This is an appreciation of a fan who adores a said person as much as you can adore a person you never personally met.
It’s something that is very difficult to understand for people who doesn’t share the same feelings and in some cultures (meaning my household) is considered a part of a mental disease and it needs to be cured by normality.
Phew normality, I say and throw myself in the beautiful world of one Catherine Tate.
I live in a country when Catherine Tate doesn’t exist; she is a part of the “outside” world, the world we Slovaks are still taking only the other, no appealing parts. Yeah, reality shows. But thanks to the awesome people at LJ I came to be curious about Doctor Who and this not overly complicated way came to Catherine.
If I should be completely honest, Donna Noble piqued my interest, Lauren Cooper made me laugh but it was Catherine herself who made me completely love her. When I feel like shit, when I want to laugh I don’t watch Catherine Tate Show (with an exception of Doctor Who comic relief special), I look on YouTube to find her interviews on various talk shows (mainly Graham Norton and Alan Carr) and the Doctor Who episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, these are ones to brighten my day.
Catherine’s humor presented in The Catherine Tate Show was never my cup of coffee, sometimes it’s too crude but it’s certainly has moments when my stomach hurts from laughing, I’m a fan of dry British humor which she certainly has but it’s not the base of her comedy (is my opinion, you can completely disagree with me). But despite that she still completely won me over.
I don’t find important mentioning her biography, every single one of you either knows the important details or could find an article that represents her way better than this couple of words. But there were things that got my attention at first sight.
They say it’s a cliché when actor says he’s naturally shy, when don’t see it so we don’t believe it, it’s natural for us too. For us, who were born with this horrible character trait, seems impossible to act as spontaneous as Catherine does in most of the interviews. But in my opinion, sometimes when she has trouble forming words, it makes me realize that it really maybe for her more difficult that we all can imagine.
“When I was little I was so shy and I didn’t like people looking at me, so rather than telling the teacher that I needed to use the toilet by putting my hand up… I used to sit and wet myself.”
“So I used to sit on story corner and think, “oh it’ll be so embarrassing if I put my hand up and say I want to go to the toilet, cause everyone will know I need do a wee-wee.” Just piss yourself now!”
(on Chatty Man Christmas 2010)
“When I was young, though I was shy, I was a bit flamboyant,' she says. 'And that used to make people laugh, which was important at a self-conscious age. And I realised that if you get yourself labelled as the funny one, people don't look any further. I've used that as I've got older. It's controlling: I decide what part of my personality you're seeing, I make the decisions on your behalf. I don't want you to look at me, I really don't. I don't want you to comment on my clothes, or my hair, or the way I look.”
( from Catherine the Great)
That’s probably the only proof you’ll get, but do you need more proof of her awesomeness? No problem, prepare for the ride, we are starting
Doctor Who //
I think it’s quite obvious that I love Who. I started loving Rose but Donna won me over already in Runaway Bride. I will forever thankful that this show brought me to Catherine and Donna will be forever one of my favorite characters. She is just like us, not confident, unhappy with her own life, just waiting for something big to happen. Then she meets the Doctor and decided to change that. She gives me strength and hope. Thank you for that!
“Bizarrely, the tabloids had gotten on to the idea that I was going to be the new Doctor Who. Now in my rational mind, I knew that I wasn’t going to be the new Doctor Who because I presume they would have told me. But the speculation was so rife and they were on the phone every day between Christmas and New Year, wanting a comment, saying ‘Come on, it’s coming out’, that I actually thought - for a brief moment - I thought… ‘Maybe it’s me.’ “
“I couldn't have been more surprised. I went out to lunch with [executive producer] Julie Gardner and I thought we were just there to chat. When people say, "My jaw hit the floor", I know what they mean! I made my decision as soon as they suggested it - it just took a while to work out the logistics.“
David Tennant //
Everybody says they have chemistry and no one can say it’s not true. These two people formed a relationship that is very difficult to label. They are friends in the world of fame and they aren’t afraid of showing it. I love every single shot out to something that the other one sometimes said. We all know what Catherine thinks about David’s love of sci-fi and we all know how much David laughs about her love for astrology. And yes, I can’t help but ship them a little because really, when I think about perfection, I look at them!
Their friendship could have their own article on many, many pages but this one is about Catherine. I think David influences her greatly, you can see how comfortably she feels in any show he is with her in. All their co-hosting, being at Jonathan Ross, Allan Carr or Graham Norton. She just a bit different around him, more honest, more open and my opinion is too, more herself.
Catherine Tate is an actress, which means she acts her way through life. It’s not bad, it’s normal. But with David, the mask always slips a little and we can see what he is only privy to see and because of this, I hope they will be working in the future more together than apart.
"I've become Mystic Meg," she laments. "That's one of the things David and I argue about, because he has no patience with it. But I'd say, well, it's more than a parlour game. I don't mean your stars in the paper - but I am interested in the alignment of the planets and the characteristics of the houses. I also know, categorically, unquestionably, when Mercury's in retrograde I'm always late, the trains are delayed and things don't turn out right. And that will happen twice a year."
Fame monster //
You still can say that she doesn’t quite believe the popularity she has. She knows she has fans, she knows people are watching her. But there is always doubt, in every word, every gesture. She is so humble and real and its one of the reasons I adore her.
"That's the poisoned chalice when you're shy, people assume you're arrogant," she admits.
Hit and run with real life //
"Ooh," she recalls, her face crumpling in memory. "It's that thing where you're not interested in someone until someone tells you they fancy you. And then suddenly you're 'Oh, right', you start making the case for it, don't you? And then when they go off you, you're left with this awful crush." (Oh, how I know what are you talking about:)
" Positivity is a great thing, but I genuinely can't communicate with people who START RIGHT HERE [she mimics, raising her voice]. You think: God, bring it down. Mainly because they're usually desperately unhappy. I admire it in one sense because of the sheer amount of effort - and I'm fairly lazy, so I couldn't commit to that kind of endurance test every day. But on the other end of the spectrum, I can't bear people who mope. Moping is horrible."
'I do worry terribly,' she says, 'about things I have no power over.'
"If I could help other people with it, I would, but I'm not sure the way to do it is to be saying, I had postnatal depression [her voice takes off into stratospheric, celebrity mode] but now I've got a comedy show!"
Much Ado About Nothing //
I literally went to London just to see this play. It hadn’t work out completely the way I wanted it too since David lost his voice that evening but I still got to see Catherine and I know for sure that I won’t ever forget this perfect evening. This memory would be treasured even when my life moves forward and Catherine Tate would be someone I adored in the past.
"It's never been a point of reference to look to a man," she tells me today. "It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence."
"I do think that those really, really cheerful people are probably manic depressives. Or murderers."
"This cat has changed my life, this cat is why I'm giving up my 'it's cool to be negative' because I cannot be negative round this cat. I love this cat. I just love him."
"She can appear quiet but you mustn't underestimate her. When she's focused on something, she's a tour de force." - Geoffrey Perkins, producer of The Catherine Tate Show
Gif and quotes belong to their respective owners, mine are only some of those words!