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I've always believed that as an actor anything you're asked to do is within you. You just have to try and find it.

Robert Carlyle

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Robert Carlyle
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: April 14
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Within
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Anything
Find
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