So many directors these days direct by design and shoehorn you into things - direction or blocking - that they had in mind previously. They're short …

- Christian Cooke

I don't think you have to like a character, but if you can understand why they do what they do, or the position they're in or why they make certain c…

- Christian Cooke

My brother is an agent, so he is in the business. Is he my agent? No, no, no. That would never work.

- Christian Cooke

But the thing is if you've got an hour to sit down in front of a television, then the likelihood is that you've probably got two hours. So why wouldn…

- Christian Cooke

I much prefer following a lead character that is doing morally questionable things. How much do you get on board? Do like that? Do you hate it? Does …

- Christian Cooke

I grew up doing plays - I went to a stage school after school - and it's always something that I've wanted to do, but, in a weird way, if you do tele…

- Christian Cooke

I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches. It was all quite fu…

- Christian Cooke

I turn 30 next month, and in my 20s, I've been in this limbo of being too old to play the young lead, and too young to play the 30, 35 - year - old. …

- Christian Cooke

It almost feels like a movie or a- I know it's been said many times - that cable television is the new novel kind of thing - but it does feel like th…

- Christian Cooke