31+ Robert Carlyle Quotes On Family, Soup And Intense

Robert Carlyle is a Scottish actor, director, and writer. He is best known for his roles in Trainspotting, The Full Monty, and The World Is Not Enough. He has also directed several films, including The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman and The Legend of Barney Thomson. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Robert Carlyle on love, family, soup.

Top 10 Robert Carlyle Quotes

1. It's much more fun to be ugly.
2. I owe my father everything.
3. I want to keep audiences off balance, so they don't know who I am or how to take me. If I duck and weave, as Frank Bruno might say, I'll have a longer shelf life.
4. When I look back at my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes. That was meant to be.
5. I've never been good at accepting jobs six months down the line. I can't do it. If I'm thinking about this, I can't think about that. So I always seem to fly by the seat of my pants.
6. Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.
7. 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?
8. I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.
9. I think I have a natural, if I can say that, got a kind of natural ability in comedy.
10. So many of my friends, old friends I haven't seen in years, made their way out there and got lost, then found their way back. That seems believable to me.

Robert Carlyle Quotes About Interesting

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

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. — Robert Carlyle

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. — Robert Carlyle

The darker the character, the more interesting. — Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle Quotes About Character

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

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

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

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. — Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle Famous Quotes And Sayings

Early days, I was a bit racked , particularly when I did Hitler, for CBS . That was hellish. That stayed with me for quite a long time. — Robert Carlyle

The thing I miss the most about Scotland is the football. — Robert Carlyle

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

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

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

At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together. — Robert Carlyle

I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn't work I can go back to what I know's already there. — Robert Carlyle

My understanding of zombie movies is people rising from the dead, from their graves, stuff like that, and walking very slowly. — Robert Carlyle

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. — Robert Carlyle

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

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. — Robert Carlyle

I've always believed that as an actor anything you're asked to do is within you. You just have to try and find it. — Robert Carlyle

Life Lessons by Robert Carlyle

1. Robert Carlyle's work teaches us to never give up on our dreams, no matter how difficult the journey may be.
2. His films emphasize the importance of staying true to oneself and never compromising one's values.
3. His characters demonstrate the power of resilience and the importance of perseverance in the face of adversity.