Robert Carlyle Quotes

I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.

Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive.

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

Hunger's a great spur.

I owe my father everything.

The darker the character, the more interesting.

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.

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

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.

Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing.

I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.

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

I hate the word 'hippy.'