Quotes by Christopher Eccleston

I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse your character and then at 7:30 pm you start acting and nobody stops you, acting with your entire soul.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.

— Christopher Eccleston

Education

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.

— Christopher Eccleston

Love

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

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.

— Christopher Eccleston

Courage

I had bags of energy as a kid.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

— Christopher Eccleston

Love

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

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.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

I got a tiny part in a play, auditioned for another one and got that as well. Not only that, the first finished on the Saturday and the other started on the Monday which is like an actor's dream!

— Christopher Eccleston

Hope

On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt to be on the set. It felt just a little uneasy, the atmosphere that we were trying to capture.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

Television, although It's in steep decline, still occasionally gives voices to people who don't have voices.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

— Christopher Eccleston

Happiness

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

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.

— Christopher Eccleston

Love

I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know what they did about exteriors.

— Christopher Eccleston

Success

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

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

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

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

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

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

— Christopher Eccleston

Wisdom