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
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 able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.
Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.
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 it. A lot of people feel intimidated and underrepresented in theatre.
The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.
I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid.
I've never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step.
It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.
I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year, 1990. It was ridiculous really.
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.
Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.
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.
No matter how big a name you are, how many big series you've been in or how good looking you are, in the end, all actors are secondary to the writer.
What we have is the here and now, and what we have is each other, and let's find a way to deal truthfully with each other.