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… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
If there's anything you want to ask your parents, ask them before they go, because once they go, they're gone. — 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
