Top 37 Quotes by Christopher Eccleston

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

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

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.

Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.

Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.

My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking!

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

I had bags of energy as a kid.

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

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.