Robert Carlyle Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“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.”

“The darker the character, the more interesting.”

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

“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.”

“People go to the movies to watch a film and all they're thinking about is the actress's cellulite they saw in a magazine.”

“We met in Cracker. I played a maniac fan who murders a policeman and she did my makeup. I thought anyone interested in me looking like that must have genuinely liked me.”

“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.”

“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.”