Christopher Eccleston Quotes
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I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.
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I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.
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I loved playing [the Doctor], and taking part in the basic essence and message of the series which is, it's a short life, seize it, and live it as fully as you can. Care for others. Be respectful of all other life forms, regardless of colour or creed. To be part of that was fantastic.
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What we have is the here and now, and what we have is each other, and let's find a way to deal truthfully with each other.
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It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.
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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!
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Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that theatre wasn't for us. Theatre still has that stigma to it. A lot of people feel intimidated and underrepresented in theatre.
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When you seek revenge, be sure to dig two graves.
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The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are.
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The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.
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I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid.
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What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.
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I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are.
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I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.
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Thank you to everybody who voted for me, and to the British public for their encouragement over the last 17 years
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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.
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I had bags of energy as a kid.
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I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we all at one time had it rammed down our necks at school, which tends to take the edge off it.
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I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.
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I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know what they did about exteriors.
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world.
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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.
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Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.
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The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.
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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.
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I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.
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Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.
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Television, although It's in steep decline, still occasionally gives voices to people who don't have voices.
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I've never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step.
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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.
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