Robert Carlyle Quotes

I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world.
Robert Carlyle

Love, Fans, Leads

I rant and rave about noise pollution.
Robert Carlyle

Pollution, Noise, Rant

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

Time, Wanted, While

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

Work, Children, Reason

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.
Robert Carlyle

Understand, Place, Easy

Acting is a really insular thing.
Robert Carlyle

Acting, Insular

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.
Robert Carlyle

Society, Acting, General

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

Anyone, Actor, Knows

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

Anyone, Guy, Knows

Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.
Robert Carlyle

Dark, Face, Lucky

Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing.
Robert Carlyle

Bullying, Terrible

Hunger's a great spur.
Robert Carlyle

Great, Hunger, Spur

I do tend to divide my childhood into darkness and light, and the first seven years were certainly the darkness.
Robert Carlyle

Light, Darkness, Childhood

I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.
Robert Carlyle

Politics, Great, Social

I feel like I'm the luckiest man on the planet.
Robert Carlyle

Planet, Luckiest

I hate the word 'hippy.'
Robert Carlyle

Hate, Word, Hippy

I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.
Robert Carlyle

Whole, Hollywood

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.
Robert Carlyle

Moving, Working, While

I never go anywhere without my iPod.
Robert Carlyle

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

Time, Waste, Rehearse

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

End, Whole, Often

I owe my father everything.
Robert Carlyle

I think I have a natural, if I can say that, got a kind of natural ability in comedy.
Robert Carlyle

Comedy, Natural, Ability

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

Story, Behind, Wear

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

Nothing, Used, Quite

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Born: April 14, 1961

Links

Find on Amazon: Robert Carlyle

Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Related Authors

Woody Allen
Steven Spielberg
Stanley Kubrick
Quentin Tarantino
Billy Wilder
Tim Burton
David Lynch
Alfred Hitchcock
More

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us