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I like to be working and moving - the worst thing you can do to me is stick me in a room all day while you're lighting a shot. That just kills me.

Robert Carlyle

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Robert Carlyle
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: April 14
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People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.
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In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.
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