Robert Carlyle Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

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

“I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.”

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

“Acting is a really insular thing.”

“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.”

“I feel like I'm the luckiest man on the planet.”

“I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time.”

“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!'”

“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.”