Paddy Considine didn't want a "small film"

Paddy Considine has said that he did not want to make "a little British film" for his first directorial feature.

The actor told The Guardian that he wanted to properly frame the characters in Tyrannosaur, which picked up several awards at the 2011 Sundance International Film Festival.

Considine says: "I kept saying to the crew, 'We're not making a little British film, we're making cinema'. I didn't want to go round apologising for it. Like, 'Here's our small film, everybody, thanks for paying attention'.

"I didn't want that handheld, swinging-it-around style of film-making. It's a shortcut, that documentary look. I just got bored of it, like you get bored of a record. I said, 'I want the frame to respect these characters'. 'Cos to me they're heroes."

Of being an actor, Considine said: "I always felt very uncomfortable with it. I found it hard being a player in somebody else's game, if you like. I always felt I should be orchestrating more than participating in someone else's vision.

"I think I got away with it a few times, but, overall, I always felt I was a bit of tourist when it came to acting. I always felt it was leading to this."

"I just never felt a part of anything as an actor. I don't watch things back that I've done as an actor. I put it this way: in football, the best managers aren't necessarily the best players."