David Tennant: Internal voices, LGBTQ+ activism, and 80s nostalgia

Happy Place

Fearne Cotton

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Personal Journals

4.6 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Do you get stage fright? You might not be an actor but perhaps you feel the fear when it comes to work presentations or small talk at parties... well, even critically acclaimed actor David Tennant has anxieties around performing under pressure. He reckons little bit of fear can be good to keep you from getting complacent though...

In this chat, Fearne and David talk through how to work through those moments when you feel your brain is going to give up on you.

The naivety of youth can give you a sense of self-confidence, but with age comes the security of having more concrete experiences of things going well to drawn on. This is a really useful coping mechanism to have in your back pocket for when anxiety starts to creep in.

Plus, LGBTQ+ ally David gives his take on whether celebrities like him should use their voice for social activism, and verifies some of the stories Fearne read online about him...

The Rivals is on Disney+ from October 18th.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Happy Place with Me Fern Cotton.
0:05.0	This is the show that knows none of us are immune to insecurities and anxieties.
0:10.0	Today I'm chatting to David Tenant.
0:13.0	Maybe I've got quite a unique experience in some ways because it happened very suddenly.
0:17.0	I'd been working as an actor. My job didn't change, but life really did.
0:22.0	I think from the outside one imagines that might be
0:24.4	quite empowering because I'd be on the other side of it when someone walks into a room
0:27.8	and everyone notices you imagine that person must feel very very powerful very strong very confident and then when suddenly you are that person
0:36.0	it's completely the opposite
0:38.0	not being able to walk into a room anonymously is it's like your skin's
0:42.2	been flayed off, you feel terribly insecure, very vulnerable.
0:46.0	David is a hugely successful actor obviously, known for TV shows like Broadchurch and of course as the 10th Doctor Who. In fact a lot of his life revolves around Dr
0:58.4	who. He was a massive fan growing up and went on to marry Georgia who's one of my lovely mates who he met on set and she is the daughter of the fifth Doctor who Peter Davison.
1:09.4	It's wild what a family. I actually asked David if he reckons he manifested his Doctor Who career.
1:16.8	I wonder if you can guess what he made of that question. You'll find out. Anyway his new show is called The Rivals. I am addicted to this show. It couldn't be more at my street if it tried. It's on Disney Plus and it's based on a Julie Cooper novel.
1:35.0	We talk about it during this chat, but suffice to say it's an absolute riot.
1:38.4	It's funny, there's loads of brilliant 80s fashion and 80 songs in there.
1:42.0	It's incredible. So I know David in real life and it's quite a
1:46.2	weird thing when I have people that I actually know in real life on the podcast.
1:49.8	It's almost like I need to establish firmer rules so I know what topics to touch on and which topics to totally avoid.
1:59.0	Essentially, David's daughter is best friends with my daughter. So we spend a lot of time
2:05.7	ferrying these children from my house to his house and vice versa. There's lots of chaos and lots of times the kids don't want to leave
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