106 Quotes by Robert Carlyle

I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that.

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.

To be honest I've worked with a few American actors now and I was looking forward to that you know, coming up in my career thinking ""Yeah I'd like to work with some Americans because they seem to be very, very comfortable with improvisation. But that has not been my experience at all. They have to have things absolutely set.

To be honest I don't think I was any great shakes as a theatre actor because everything I was doing was really small in size - intimate.

The way a person moves tells you a lot about them. Look at the way I'm holding this coffee mug. If I were to thump it down on the table, I wouldn't be respecting your tape recorder. If I move it gently, it means I am showing some respect. These are the things I bring to my performances.

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.

A lot of the characters I play come from the working-class. It's a background I'm familiar with. It's not about being hard. It's just knowing how that society works and what the rules are.I grew up in a working-class area of Glasgow and that experience has stood me in good stead.

Dance is powerful. I need to shoulder the challenge.

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.