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" Of course, I love chats with various actors about the process and how they do it. To me, if it's not on the camera, if it's not there, it's not worth it. It really just isn't worth it. "

Robert Carlyle

Just

Worth

Process

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I Feel Like

Feel

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Balance

Life

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" We met in Cracker. I played a maniac fan who murders a policeman and she did my makeup. I thought anyone interested in me looking like that must have genuinely liked me. "

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Makeup

Looking

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Interesting

Character

" 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!' "

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End

" Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting. "

" I've always taken my love of children from my father. He was a children magnet. Suddenly, having my first child hit home what my dad went through. "

" People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain. "

" The U.K. and the U.S. are very different countries, and it really shows in the television. "

" My wife was a make-up artist, and she's a total product junkie. Our bathroom is packed full of lotions and potions so I end up trying them out. "

" I never go anywhere without my iPod. "

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Without

Anywhere

" 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. "

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

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Dark

Lucky

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