Robert Carlyle Quotes

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Robert Carlyle

Profession : Director

Birth : April 14, 1961

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

It depends who the director is you know, I mean Ken Loach for instance. I've done up to 32 takes with him.

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I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.

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I hate the word 'hippy.'

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Hunger's a great spur.

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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.

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I'd totally be attracted to a geek girl!

Robert Carlyle

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.

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

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

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Vancouver's a very child friendly city, there's... no doubt about that.

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

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

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The thing I miss the most about Scotland is the football.

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

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.

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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!'

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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.

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

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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.

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