Christopher Eccleston Quotes

I love being on sets with very seasoned directors as well as very new directors. Every time is a discovery process. You learn something new every time.

I've gotten to work with some wonderful directors and people who have been great teachers to me.

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging.

Looking back now, if I went to film school, it probably would have helped knowing what the best of the best of foreign films were, but that wasn't the case. In some ways, I think that led to my originality, because I hadn't seen anybody else.

I think everything you do, whether it's low budget things when you're first starting out or full feature films or when you're working with Hollywood, you're always learning, all the time.

Aamir Khan in a sense, was my first teacher for filmmaking. He used to answer my doubts on the sets of 'Joh Jeeta Wahi Sikander.'

I'm not as savvy and knowledgable about all of the directors that are out there, but as a person, I'm really open-minded and love meeting new people and watching the way directors film and their perspectives and following their lead.

I learned a lot from Direk Brillante Mendoza and Bing Lao.

I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning. Actors come into the film and do things you never even imagined. Production designers come in, the director of photography lights it in a way that you never imagined. So, it's always evolving, always exciting.

Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie

A lot of directors in my experience are very receptive. They see what you do first, and then they want to find a place to put the camera, and they tweak you here and there.

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

Every film you work on is different, and that's part of what it's like for anybody who works on a film, is to learn how to work with others. Learn from top to bottom. Actors have to learn how to work with the director and the director has to learn how to work with actors, and that's not just those two departments.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

I want to direct, produce, and write, learning as I go.

Working with a guy like Ice Cube on 'Ride Along,' you learn so much. He's a guy who produces, writes, and directs, so you watch and learn and ask questions. As you go, you learn and figure out what you should and shouldn't do. I do nothing but soak up information.

If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a place now where filmmakers make films based on other films because that's where the stimuli and influence comes from.

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.

Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.

I feel that directors at times are like the janitors on the set. I am the secretary, I am the organizer, I am the maid, and I ask if they have eaten or rested. The best things are always out of your control. It's those moments that surpass the imagination that are thrilling.

I've been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.

There are lots of good directors I would like to work with; I want to be inspired and challenged by them.

I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes.