A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with... →
Robert Carlyle
I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that.
I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand... →
I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play... →
Every noble work is at first impossible.
Thomas Carlyle
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.