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
danny work
I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that.
movies people saw watch
People go to the movies to watch a film and all they're thinking about is the actress's cellulite they saw in a magazine.
time took
It took a long time for me to accept I was an actor, a professional actor, and that, actually, I make a living out of this.
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I feel with TV you're allowed more freedom. With television there's more time to create something through the episodes. The fact that you're working harder on the surface seems more difficult, but you get into a way of working where if you're not allowed to stop and breathe and think about it, you just go on instinctively, which is the way I prefer anyway. It becomes a more spontaneous thing.
trying actors always-believe
I've always believed that as an actor anything you're asked to do is within you. You just have to try and find it.
past looks way
When I look back at my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes. That was meant to be.
hate i-hate
I hate the word 'hippy.'
acting
Acting is a really insular thing.
who-i-am ducks balance
I want to keep audiences off balance, so they don't know who I am or how to take me. If I duck and weave, as Frank Bruno might say, I'll have a longer shelf life.
spurs hunger
Hunger's a great spur.
dad rubbish financial
My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent.
change character years
I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want.
balls television scripts
I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball.
television directors problem
I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week.