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
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.
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.
television directors problem
I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week.
bullying terrible terrible-things
Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing.
actors british know-me
Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor.
projects budgets
Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive.
growing-up directors cinema
I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.
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.
ipods
I never go anywhere without my iPod.
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.
When I look back at it now, my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes.
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.'
love various worth
Of course, I love chats with various actors about the process and how they do it. To me, if it's not on the camera, if it's not there, it's not worth it. It really just isn't worth it.