I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
I've never been good at accepting jobs six months down the line. I can't do it. If I'm thinking about this, I… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
The script will point you in certain directions and I go the opposite if I can. I try do do one thing… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
I think I have a natural, if I can say that, got a kind of natural ability in comedy. — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
We met in Cracker. I played a maniac fan who murders a policeman and she did my makeup. I thought anyone interested in me… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera. — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together. — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a luvvie actor. It took a long time for me to accept I was an actor, a professional actor,… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
When I look back at my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes. That was meant to be. — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
Each performance and each film is what it is. It's right and belongs within that moment. You look at it and try to make… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
I was 16 when I was in a band, for about 10 minutes. I went off and did acting after that. So it was… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive. — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain. — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble. — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
