65 Quotes by Christopher Eccleston

I think film and television are really a director’s medium, whereas theatre is the actor’s medium.

Many times I’ve sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can.

I’ve never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step.

I used my instincts. It’s very easy to imagine how you’d feel, actually. I just had to tell the narrative.

Twelve years on sets watching directors, I’ve taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.

I know exactly where I’ve come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are.

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there’s a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

I don’t like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

I want to direct but I think I’d be bloody awful and I don’t want to produce but I think I’d be a very good producer because if I believed in something I’d be able to protect it.