There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. It's your experience and your observation. — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
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. — 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