Paddy Considine

At the end of the day, my life isnt about other peoples work. Ive got to stop giving stuff away. Ive got…

— Paddy Considine

I got through with my ability to mimic others and make people laugh. I swaggered through life, but, in reality, I lived…

— Paddy Considine

Its different being a director. I suppose, especially if its a story youve written and you feel compelled to tell, in some…

— Paddy Considine

With directors, some have a kind of in-built ability to just know how to work with actors and get the best out…

— Paddy Considine

A lecturer once told me I could never be a director. I was 16. I believed him.

— Paddy Considine

All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really.…

— Paddy Considine

When you're having conversations about actors, you realize these same conversations have happened about you. If you want to make a film…

— Paddy Considine

I suppose I just had this Christian idea about how I ought to go about my life. I thought, 'If I work…

— Paddy Considine

It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written and you feel compelled to tell, in some…

— Paddy Considine

'Tyrannosaur's an arrival for me, but it's also the first step into a new career. I don't want to be moonlighting at…

— Paddy Considine

Since being diagnosed with Asperger's, I'd been working with an acting coach who has now become a good friend. We'd been trying…

— Paddy Considine

I'll admit, sometimes I've paid the bills with acting. You know the phrase, 'It's one for the money, two for the showreel.'…

— Paddy Considine

I'm trying to make sense of lot of things with 'Tyrannosaur.' I'm trying to make sense of people who've left now. They're…

— Paddy Considine

What's my dilemma here? Am I making entertainment or am I making art? What am I saying? At the end of the…

— Paddy Considine

There is nothing worse than when actors come to a set - and it happens a lot with big stars - and…

— Paddy Considine

I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get…

— Paddy Considine

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

— Paddy Considine

I have to believe there's redemption in the darkest of circumstances; otherwise it's too bleak for me.

— Paddy Considine

The more I find out about the dynamic and how it works, the more I realize how lucky I am to have…

— Paddy Considine

I worked with some directors, and it was really collaborative, and I was sort of writing with them. I was giving so…

— Paddy Considine

It was important that I got my own voice out there in the world. I'd used it on other people's films, collaborated,…

— Paddy Considine

I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.

— Paddy Considine

I can't afford to step away from acting, but the one thing I've learnt after all these years is that I don't…

— Paddy Considine

People can very quickly have a very poor self-image. It doesn't take much.

— Paddy Considine

I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people…

— Paddy Considine