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.
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.
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.
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.
nice real ladders
I have a stepladder. It's a very nice stepladder but it's sad that I never knew my real ladder.
too-much way downtime
I'm busy and that's the way I like it - when I have too much downtime I get into trouble.
accidents
For me, everything has always been an accident.
dark inventory sometimes
The inventory process and stepping back in your life can sometimes be a very dark process. But it also can be extremely funny and surprising.