Robert Carlyle keeps "getting offered psychos".
The 54-year-old actor – who’s starred in ‘Trainspotting’, ’28 Weeks Later’ and ‘The Full Monty’ – has said that while he’d like the opportunity to appear in more comedies roles, such offers are rarely put to him.
He said: "I’ve always loved comedy.
"It’s something I’ve not done an awful lot of, because I keep getting offered psychos. I’m not knocking the psychos – they pay the rent – but the biggest successes I had were comedic, if you think about it.
"’The Full Monty’ is a comedy, and ‘Trainspotting’ – well, ‘Trainspotting’ is not exactly a comedy, but the part is."
The Danny Boyle-directed ‘Trainspotting’ marked Robert’s entrance into the world of showbiz in the mid-1990s, when he befriended the likes of Noel and Liam Gallagher, but he looks back on that period of his life with mixed feelings.
He told the Guardian newspaper: "It was a false dawn, Cool Britannia or whatever it was. I hate even to say the words. I was fortunate to be in the centre of it, people like the Gallaghers and Damon Albarn were my friends.
"It was a fantastic time in my life, and I’m glad I went through it. But you wake up and think: what happened? Did it mean anything at all?"
Robert Carlyle: I only get offers to play psychos
