David Tennant: 'actors should not be role models', says former Doctor Who star Actors should not have to be role models as it is unfair to expect them to have “moral purity”, David Tennant has claimed. (TELEGRAPH)

The actor, 41 told how he found his rise to fame ''terrifying'' after landing the lead in Doctor Who.
He quit the BBC One sci-fi show in 2010 after four years occupying the Tardis.

He also admitted he was a "nervous wreck" before performances over fears his audience will find his work "crass".

In an interview with Radio Times, he said actors should not have to be role models.

''There's a sense everyone in the public eye has to have moral purity,'' he told the magazine.


''Personally I might agree that's a good thing but I don't see why, because you're in a TV programme, you have to be perfect.

In his interview, he said he had not been typecast since leaving and that the role had opened up more doors than it had closed.

But Tennant said of getting used to being recognised: ''No one can teach you what it's like to be observed in public.

''I remember, before I was that person, watching well-known people walk into a room – you imbue them with inner confidence and a slightly royal presence.

''Yet when it's you, it's terrifying. People lean over in restaurants and say, 'Don't look now, but that's him off the telly.' Very peculiar.'


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