Craig Charles
Craig Charles
Craig Joseph Charlesis a British actor, comedian, author, poet, television presenter and DJ. He is best known for playing Dave Lister in the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf and Lloyd Mullaney in the soap opera Coronation Street, and as a funk and soul DJ...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth11 July 1964
CityLiverpool, England
bit estate family grim growing liverpool quite
We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.
looks way easy
It's not supposed to be easy, if it's easy, it's no good, that's the way I look at it.
drug needs castles
Who needs drugs when you have Takeshi's Castle?
moving evolve stagnant
It's evolve or die, really, you have to evolve, you have to move on otherwise it just becomes stagnant.
thinking talking years
There was never any career plan. When 'Red Dwarf' started I thought we were doing a curious little sitcom on BBC2, I didn't think I was becoming an actor. I didn't see that 21 years later I'd still be talking about it, let alone filming a new one. For me everything's always been an accident.
three lines fans
British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse.
school thinking training
Coming from having absolutely nothing to having a few grand in the bank, it was a big culture leap. I think that's why I went off the rails a bit really, 'cause there was no training for it. They didn't do fame in schools.
growing-up white black
We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.
trying arms dustbin
Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length.
circles prison circle-of-friends
Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.
years tvs lucky
I've been very lucky, this is my 30th year on TV.
incredibles lows has-beens
My life has been, I suppose, the most incredible series of highs and lows.
roots wealth fame
I've got wealth and fame but I haven't changed my roots.
creepy looks critics
Critics called me 'egregious' - I had to look that one up - and 'creepy', but now I don't read them, I weigh them.