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
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.
thinking stories should
I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.
guy want west
Guys, particularly in the West, go to the gym and train for hours and hours to pick up something that is heavier than them. Why would you want to do that?
children dad father
I've always taken my love of children from my father. He was a children magnet. Suddenly, having my first child hit home what my dad went through.
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.
girl geek
I'd totally be attracted to a geek girl!
thinking comedy kind
I think I have a natural, if I can say that, got a kind of natural ability in comedy.
children cities doubt
Vancouver's a very child friendly city, there's... no doubt about that.
decision say-anything directors
There's a kind of unwritten rule: Don't say anything at all, and everything will be fine. It's a producer's medium. The directors aren't there to make any decisions. They're not going to change anything.