Christian Cooke

I was painfully shy, so my aunt suggested to my mum that me and my brother go to Stage 84, a performing…

— Christian Cooke

My girlfriend's dad runs the Prostate Centre on Wimpole St. in London, and he's chairman of Prostate U.K., which I think is…

— Christian Cooke

My brother is an agent, so he is in the business. Is he my agent? No, no, no. That would never work.

— Christian Cooke

So many directors these days direct by design and shoehorn you into things - direction or blocking - that they had in…

— Christian Cooke

With Shakespeare, because you invest so much time in working on material, it always sort of stays with you to some degree.

— Christian Cooke

But the thing is if you've got an hour to sit down in front of a television, then the likelihood is that…

— Christian Cooke

This medium that we're working in - film and television - for an audience, it's like you live through these characters because…

— Christian Cooke

I never want to be seen in my boxer shorts ever again.

— Christian Cooke

I did 'Echo Beach,' a surfing drama that meant I was often topless. Next came 'Demons,' and the opening sequence had me…

— Christian Cooke

Ultimately, if the character is interesting and you said that before: It doesn't matter if it's likable. That's really what it is.…

— Christian Cooke

It almost feels like a movie or a- I know it's been said many times - that cable television is the new…

— Christian Cooke

Obviously, it's not cable, it's streaming, but it's the same format. It's the same 10 episodes. It feels like cable as opposed…

— Christian Cooke

I live with four of my best friends - with my brother and three of my best friends - and we have…

— Christian Cooke

Going to parties by myself? Yeah, I don't know if it's super cool or super uncool. I haven't decided yet.

— Christian Cooke

Every Friday, my dad would rent three videos. Me and my brother would ask for something with guns or fighting, but my…

— Christian Cooke

I much prefer following a lead character that is doing morally questionable things. How much do you get on board? Do like…

— Christian Cooke

I turn 30 next month, and in my 20s, I've been in this limbo of being too old to play the young…

— Christian Cooke

I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks…

— Christian Cooke

I don't even own a bike.

— Christian Cooke

It sounds stupid, but there's nothing like walking down the street and seeing a building that's older than 100 years old. I…

— Christian Cooke

I don't think you have to like a character, but if you can understand why they do what they do, or the…

— Christian Cooke

So I'm still in my romantic stage with London, I love it as a place.

— Christian Cooke

I grew up doing plays - I went to a stage school after school - and it's always something that I've wanted…

— Christian Cooke