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" I rant and rave about noise pollution. "
Robert Carlyle
Rave
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" I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" People go to the movies to watch a film and all they're thinking about is the actress's cellulite they saw in a magazine. "
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" The U.K. and the U.S. are very different countries, and it really shows in the television. "
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" 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. "
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" Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots. "
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" Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive. "
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" If there's anything you want to ask your parents, ask them before they go, because once they go, they're gone. "
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" Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera. "
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" I'd totally be attracted to a geek girl! "
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" I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it. "
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" Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor. "
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" My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent. "
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He
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Rent
" I'm not someone who believes in wasting my vote. "
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" A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you. "
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Children
" I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world. "
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Always
Imagination
" People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain. "
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" I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series. "
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" Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society. "
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" Hunger's a great spur. "
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" 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? "
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You
Why
" 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. "
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Eyes
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" 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. "
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" The quality of TV drama nowadays is getting better and better. They've had to invent a new term for it: 'high-end television.' "
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