Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Ecclestonis an English actor. Eccleston played the Ninth Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who and is currently on the American drama series The Leftovers on HBO. He has also appeared on stage and in films such as Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, Jude, Elizabeth, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, 28 Days Later, The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising and Thor: The Dark World. Other British television series he has appeared in include Cracker, Fortitude and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth16 February 1964
CityManchester, England
We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world.
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.
I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.
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 pm you start acting and nobody stops you, acting with your entire soul.
I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.
It must be heartbreaking for a filmmaker to actually start something like that. And then to have some terrible, terrible weather problems.
The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.
Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.
I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know what they did about exteriors.
I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.
I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.
I had bags of energy as a kid.
I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.
I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.