Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle, OBEis a Scottish actor. His film work includes Trainspotting, The Full Monty, The World Is Not Enough, and Angela's Ashes. He has been in the television shows Hamish Macbeth, Stargate Universe, and Once Upon a Time. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Full Monty and a Gemini Award for Stargate Universe...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 April 1961
CityMaryhill, Scotland
noise rave pollution
I rant and rave about noise pollution.
patriotic roots guy
Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.
intelligent imagination world
I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world.
ipods
I never go anywhere without my iPod.
hollywood whole
I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.
actors reputation strands
I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn't work I can go back to what I know's already there.
makeup fans murder
I played a maniac fan who murders a policeman and she did my makeup. I thought anyone interested in me looking like that must have genuinely liked me.
home night space
Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting.
scotland people appreciate
People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.
football scotland missing
The thing I miss the most about Scotland is the football.
When I look back at it now, my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes.
among hollywood hoops pursue top
To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world - there's probably only two actors among them. Hollywood's not about you as an actor. It's about your currency, what you 'bring to the table'. And I've never been one to jump through hoops for anyone.
I'm not someone who believes in wasting my vote.
invent nowadays term tv
The quality of TV drama nowadays is getting better and better. They've had to invent a new term for it: 'high-end television.'