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Robbie Coltrane
Scottish
Actor
About the author
Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Children
#Power
I've already felt that I want to direct. Being an executive producer is like the best job in the world because you make all these executive decisions and then you leave the money to other people. You don't have to be on set and counting beans.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Want
#People
#World
#Being
#Money
#Job
#Decisions
Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Crows
That's the trouble with anything which essentially has a lot of bits that are physically impossible: You're left, stuck, in the studio. And that's a shame. You're making a movie. You don't want it to stay put, you want it to be a movie - to move.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Want
#Trouble
#Shame
I just get the same stuff as I did before, but the price tag is much higher.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
I knew it was going to be enormous because of the number of people who bought the books, but, to be honest, I never thought it would be bigger than Bond. Never in a million years.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#People
#Years
#Thought
#Books
I had a very bad time with acid. I did that classic thing of looking in the mirror by mistake and seeing the devil. But I took it several times, because you always think that next time you might have the wonderful time that everyone else is having.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Time
#Mistake
#Devil
I love films where the world seems to be going a bit faster and everything's a bit brighter and more in focus.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Love
#World
#Focus
I mean, I'm obviously not one of those people who's so beautiful women take their clothes off when I walk into the room. I didn't become a star overnight.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#People
#Women
#Clothes
I sometimes worry that all the beautiful things have been made.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Worry
I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Owls
And I think he's been very keen to do that.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
I've got two young kids. I don't know what the future holds.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Kids
#Future
I've signed on for four movies, and I'll do four. That's easy. No complications there.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Movies
Is it just me, or is the world full of beautiful women?
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#World
#Women
It was quite instant that he wanted Harry's approval. Did you notice that? And the children sort of rescued him this time. It's a great turnabout. That's what happens as your children get older. They do things for you, and it's quite shocking when they do.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Time
#Children
#Approval
It's hell with that big beard and stuff. That's the one bit I don't like. Either you take out at lunch or you don't eat. So I opted not to eat, 'cause having to put it on twice is horrific.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Hell
My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Time
#Past
#Parents
#Dad
See, what you're meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, aren't you? Well, I've always had fast cars. It's not that. It's the fear that you're past your best. It's the fear that the stuff you've done in the past is your best work.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Work
#Fear
#Past
#Car
#Crisis
Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#People
#Thought
#Eyes
When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Will
#Business
#Performance
What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Right
#Job
The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#Respect
Why is it trivia? People call it trivia because they know nothing and they are embarrassed about it.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor
#People
#Nothing
The backgrounds in Lord of the Rings are all explained.
Robbie Coltrane,
Scottish
Actor