A biography for Robert Carlylehasn’t been written yet.
“People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.”
“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?”
“The U.K. and the U.S. are very different countries, and it really shows in the television.”
“A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you.”
“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.”
“Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.”
“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.”
“When I look back at it now, my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes.”
“Hunger's a great spur.”
“I'd totally be attracted to a geek girl!”
“I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series.”
“It depends who the director is you know, I mean Ken Loach for instance. I've done up to 32 takes with him.”
“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.”
“I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world.”
“The more people know about an actor the less convincing they become. A bit of mystery's a good thing.”
“I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time.”
“I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that.”
“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.”
“Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.”