Robert Carlyle Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

  Home, Night, Space

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I hate the word 'hippy.'

  Robert Carlyle

  Hate, I Hate

  "To be and to pretend". Interview with Alastair McKay, www.theguardian.com. August 12, 2005.

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• 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.

  Robert Carlyle

  Character, Discovery, Self

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• I never go anywhere without my iPod.

  Robert Carlyle

  Ipods

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Guys, particularly in the West, go to the gym and train for hours and hours to pick up something that is heavier than them. Why would you want to do that?

  Robert Carlyle

  Guy, Want, West

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 dad went through.

  Robert Carlyle

  Children, Dad, Father

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.

  Robert Carlyle

  Dark, Faces, Cameras

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• I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week.

  Robert Carlyle

  Directors, Television, Problem

  "Robert Carlyle on California Solo, American vs. British TV, and the appeal of fairy tales". Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. December 20, 2012.

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• The more people know about an actor the less convincing they become. A bit of mystery's a good thing.

  Robert Carlyle

  People, Actors, Mystery

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 it fit your particular part of your character and your particular film.

  Robert Carlyle

  Character, Trying, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think I have a natural, if I can say that, got a kind of natural ability in comedy.

  Robert Carlyle

  Thinking, Comedy, Kind

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I rant and rave about noise pollution.

  Robert Carlyle

  Noise, Rave, Pollution

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2008.

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• I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.

  Robert Carlyle

  Party, Social, Interest

  "This is as good as it gets". Interview with Kirsty Scott, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2008.

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• I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to rethink this whole thing!

  Robert Carlyle

  Character, Scripts, Scottish

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you.

  Robert Carlyle

  Children, Levels, Reason

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was 16 when I was in a band, for about 10 minutes. I went off and did acting after that. So it was a wee moment for me when I sang.

  Robert Carlyle

  Acting, Band, Moments

  "Robert Carlyle on California Solo, American vs. British TV, and the appeal of fairy tales". Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. December 20, 2012.

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• I owe my father everything.

  Robert Carlyle

  Father

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Robert Carlyle

  Character, Play, Childhood

  "This is as good as it gets" by Kirsty Scott, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2008.

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• 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

  Years, Canada, Easy

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There's a kind of unwritten rule: Don't say anything at all, and everything will be fine. It's a producer's medium. The directors aren't there to make any decisions. They're not going to change anything.

  Robert Carlyle

  Decision, Say Anything, Directors

  "Robert Carlyle on California Solo, American vs. British TV, and the appeal of fairy tales". interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. December 20, 2012.

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• People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.

  Robert Carlyle

  Scotland, People, Appreciate

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Robert Carlyle

  Actors, British, Know Me

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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, and that, actually, I make a living out of this.

  Robert Carlyle

  Long, Actors, Want

  "To be and to pretend" by Alastair McKay, www.theguardian.com. August 12, 2005.

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• I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.

  Robert Carlyle

  Hollywood, Whole

  "To be and to pretend". Interview with Alastair McKay, www.theguardian.com. August 12, 2005.

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• 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

  Moving, Rooms, Sticks

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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