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Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle
Scottish Director
Born: Apr 14, 1961
About Actor Love Me Work You
Related authors: Alfred Hitchcock David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
I rant and rave about noise pollution. Robert Carlyle
Noise Rant About Rave Pollution
Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting. Robert Carlyle
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Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera. Robert Carlyle
Dark Face Angular Well Camera Up Which Lucky Shows Biologically
Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society. Robert Carlyle
Society Wounded General Magnet Arts Acting
The script will point you in certain directions and I go the opposite if I can. I try do do one thing and tell a different story with my eyes. I believe what's more interesting is always what's not being said. Robert Carlyle
You Eyes Try Will Believe Tell One Thing More Directions Point Said Always Go Opposite Being Different Story Script Interesting Certain Different Story Thing
I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want. Robert Carlyle
Work Love Character You Change Year Every Films Well Accents Sound Different Want To Love Film Play Four
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. Robert Carlyle
Day You Own Every Think All Day Some Scene Take Takes Like Know Got Go Want Personally Actor Four Number Two
It depends who the director is you know, I mean Ken Loach for instance. I've done up to 32 takes with him. Robert Carlyle
You Director Instance Takes Know Him Up Done Depends Mean Who Ken
I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing. Robert Carlyle
Like Just Hollywood Whole Thing
I hate the word 'hippy.' Robert Carlyle
Hate Word Hippy
It took a long time for me to accept I was an actor, a professional actor, and that, actually, I make a living out of this. Robert Carlyle
Time Me Long Long Time Living Took Out Make Accept Professional Actor Actually
In the late '70s, maybe just before I started, there was still an attitude that if you did film you didn't do TV and vice versa, but that's gone now. Robert Carlyle
Attitude You Before Vice Versa Gone Late TV Still Versa Did Maybe Just Vice Film Now Started
Vancouver's a very child friendly city, there's... no doubt about that. Robert Carlyle
Doubt Vancouver City No Doubt About Friendly Very Child
A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you. Robert Carlyle
Work You Because Lot Children Really Reason Level
Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor. Robert Carlyle
Me About Knows Very Anyone Much European Actor British
I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director. Robert Carlyle
Time Director Cinema Longest Longest Time Up Wanted Loved While Growing Growing Up
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. Robert Carlyle
Settled Easy Over Understand Years Lot Very Canada Place Them Us
I like to be working and moving - the worst thing you can do to me is stick me in a room all day while you're lighting a shot. That just kills me. Robert Carlyle
Day Me You Worst All Day Worst Thing Lighting Like Stick Just While Moving Room Shot Working Thing
I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time. Robert Carlyle
Time Think Never Rehearse Waste Waste Of Time
I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball. Robert Carlyle
You Drop Nothing Television Relentless Network Network Television Reader Ball Quite Rabid Scripts Used Now
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
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The first thing you should know about me is when I was three years old my mother left me and my father. And that was traumatic obviously for my father - he suffered a nervous breakdown at that time in his life. Robert Carlyle
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If there's anything you want to ask your parents, ask them before they go, because once they go, they're gone. Robert Carlyle
You Parents Before Gone Once Because Go Want Anything Them Ask Your
My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way. Robert Carlyle
Love Art Love Is First Way See First Love Lot Artistic Things
I'm not someone who believes in wasting my vote. Robert Carlyle
Vote Someone Who Believes Wasting
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. Robert Carlyle
Work Reputation Back True Know Also Doing Go Improvisational Being Which Strand Actor
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