There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isnt always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. Its your experience and your observation. – Robert Carlyle
In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. Its such a gamble. – Robert Carlyle
In the late 70s, maybe just before I started, there was still an attitude that if you did film you didnt do TV and vice versa, but thats gone now. – Robert Carlyle
Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you dont have to take it home with you at night. Its the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting. – Robert Carlyle