Christopher Eccleston Quotes

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.

I've always wanted to be behind the camera in some capacity.

Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera.

I've discovered that being behind the camera is more fascinating. If I had to choose a profession today, it would have been something behind the camera.

Filming is like a house, you have to feel comfortable in it.

I went to USC and tried to learn about the other side of the camera a little bit.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.

I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.

My interest in filmmaking was always very much the visuals and images.

Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.

I've always been fascinated with everything behind the camera and in front.

I made short films in school.

Half of 'Mudbound' were shots I stole in between other scenes.

I've picked up so much about the technical aspects of filmmaking and television.

My job is to kind of nudge them. Who said it, where, like, '90% of the job is casting,' so all I do is try to come to set and focus on getting all the best shots to cover the story; that's really it.

Shooting videos is the most intense, full-body experience.

When I started, you didn't focus so much on production, certainly not - gosh - down to the finest little detail of how you shifted your eyes or how you turned to somebody. A lot of the shots were far away from a still camera. There weren't as many close-ups and intimacy.

I was doing well in TV as a freelance cameraman, but it wasn't the direction I wanted to go in. I directed videos and tried to put something cinematic in every one. Dialogue, action sequences, helicopter, Steadicam.