Christopher Eccleston Quotes

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• I had bags of energy as a kid.
• I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.
• I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are.
• I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.
• I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know what they did about exteriors.
• We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world.
• 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…
• 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…
• Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is…
• The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.
• The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.
• 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…
• Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.
• We all need a firm sense of identity.
• What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.
• Thank you to everybody who voted for me, and to the British public for their encouragement over the last 17 years
• 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…
• 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…
• Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.
• Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

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