Quotes by Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle

A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it’s a very easy place for Scots – they understand us, we understand them.

Canada

Easy

Years

A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood. These are big subjects, big subjects. You can’t balk at work like that. As an actor, that’s as good as it gets.

Character

Childhood

Play

Anyone that knows me knows what I’m about, and I’m very much a British actor, a European actor.

Actors

British

Know Me

Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.

Guy

Patriotic

Roots

At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together.

Depression

People

Together

Biologically, I’m lucky – an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.

Cameras

Dark

Faces

Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four.

Numbers

Thinking

Two

For me, it’s a voyage of self-discovery. I’m able to go on a set and to explore situations, personalities, people and characters that are close to me, or maybe not. Through going there and experiencing these different people and their situations, it helps me to get oriented and develop as a human being. So, acting is fundamental to who I am.

Character

Discovery

Self

Hunger’s a great spur.

Hunger

Spurs

I feel like I’m the luckiest man on the planet.

Feels

Men

Planets

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Band

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Canada

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Dad

Dark

Decision

Depression

Directors

Discovery

Ducks

Easy

Faces

Fans

Father

Feels

Financial

First Love

Growing Up

Guy

Hate

Hollywood

Hunger

I Hate

Imagination

Intelligent

Interesting

Ipods

Kind

Know Me

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Lasts

Love Is

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Murder

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Quotes by Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle

A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it’s a very easy place for Scots – they understand us, we understand them.

A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood. These are big subjects, big subjects. You can’t balk at work like that. As an actor, that’s as good as it gets.

Anyone that knows me knows what I’m about, and I’m very much a British actor, a European actor.

Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.

At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together.

Biologically, I’m lucky – an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.

Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four.

Hunger’s a great spur.

I feel like I’m the luckiest man on the planet.

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