Robert "Bertie" Carvel (born 6 September 1977) is an Olivier Award-winning British actor, best known for his work in the realm of musical theatre. Read full biography of Bertie Carvel →
People's character is their behaviour - we're all capable of good and evil.
I overthink everything. I'm very keen there should be a positive outcome. I like to control outcomes. But you can't. That's what is nice... →
It's an odd experience reading interviews with yourself. Interesting, though. Of course, you know that the journalist will have edited, rephrased... →
Working with the children on 'Matilda' has been a joy. They don't do this professionally - their sense of discovery is instinctive, and... →
It's what all actors try to do, really, to just preserve the child inside them because their imagination is quite available. I think partly... →
I get so carried away in interviews and deliver 1,500-word treatises, then find it's been reduced to something pithier but also not quite... →
I think. as a child, there's something frightening about certain adults, particularly when you're in their clutches or power. That must be... →
Acting is a mysterious process.
Actors should avoid talking about their personal lives.
I came to musical theatre from straight acting, and a lot of my friends have a real prejudice about musical theatre - one I probably shared.
It might sound glib, but in a sense, as an actor I'm a journalist and a psychologist recording life and truth.
Kids are no fools: they're very sophisticated, they don't miss a lot; they don't miss nuance.
The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices made are informed.
Robert "Bertie" Carvel (born 6 September 1977) is an Olivier Award-winning British actor, best known for his work in the realm of musical theatre.