Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles

Quote by Christopher Eccleston

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

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

I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get...

I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get...

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's...

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's...

I had bags of energy as a kid.

I had bags of energy as a kid.

I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want...

I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want...

What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.

What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is...

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is...

I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know...

I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know...

We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the...

We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the...

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

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...

I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad...

I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we...

I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we...

I got a tiny part in a play, auditioned for another one and got that...

I got a tiny part in a play, auditioned for another one and got that...

I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.

I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature...

I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature...

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship...

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship...

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

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

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

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

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and...

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and...