Robert Carlyle Quotes

I think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person.

I think it's an actor's responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the people he's working with, but for the audience. If you just go out and deliver the same dish every time... it's meat loaf again... you'd get bored. I'd get bored.

I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do have a lot more fun, and there's a versatility involved that's challenging and fun, to come up to speed and do what's required of you.

You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.

There are always things that I'd love to do. As an actor, none of them are specific; all I'm looking for are things that are good quality, that are challenging for me to work on, and even better if I get to work with people that I respect and am excited to work with.

I enjoy dramatic narration, of course, because I'm an actor and I started as an actor. But I love things that are a challenge, and I look forward to more work with that in the future. So there's always a sun coming up the following day for me.

I love doing characters that challenge me. I'd love to do something that requires me to change physically or learn a skill.

To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.

You've got to love the villain if you have to play him. You've got to find something that you can live with in yourself if you're going to play the villain in a play on stage.

I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.

And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.

You don't want to play a character you can't inhabit or commit to fully.

An accent in a way can be an entry into a character.

I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.

I just like the prospect of playing lots of different types of characters and just the opportunity to challenge yourself, do something different and surprise people.

I think every actor can agree that when you've been playing a certain character for awhile - no matter what that role is - it's always attractive to try something that's different.

I try and find a way to love every character I play.

As an actor, you always have to love who you are playing.

It's amazing to completely focus on something for four, five or six months, have it completely consume your life and be constantly thinking about somebody else's set of circumstances and how they would react to something. I find it fascinating. It's rewarding and on a professional and personal level.

Acting was my first love.

You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much.

I love theater. I love the idea that you can transform, become somebody else, and look at life with a completely new perspective. I love the idea that people will sit in one room for a couple of hours and listen.

But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different.

I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am.