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.
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.'
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.
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.
attitude tvs vices
In the late '70s, maybe just before I started, there was still an attitude that if you did film you didn't do TV and vice versa, but that's gone now.
lasts sticks want
In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.
bullying terrible terrible-things
Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing.