Robert Carlyle

"My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way."

"In the late '70s, maybe just before I started, there was still an attitude that if you did film you didn't do TV and vice versa, but that's gone now."

"My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent."

"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."

"There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. It's your experience and your observation."

"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."