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
projects budgets
Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive.
dark faces cameras
Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.
growing-up directors cinema
I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.
noise rave pollution
I rant and rave about noise pollution.
years canada easy
A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it's a very easy place for Scots - they understand us, we understand them.
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.
thinking waste wasting-time
I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time.
ipods
I never go anywhere without my iPod.
hollywood whole
I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.
moving rooms sticks
I like to be working and moving - the worst thing you can do to me is stick me in a room all day while you're lighting a shot. That just kills me.
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.
father
I owe my father everything.
thinking stories should
I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.