And I think he's been very keen to do that.
Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station.
Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop.
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.
I had no chance of being mysterious at all. I used to put on accents. I pretended to be American because I thought they'd be impressed.
I just get the same stuff as I did before, but the price tag is much higher.
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.
I love films where the world seems to be going a bit faster and everything's a bit brighter and more in 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.
I realised that the distance between what was in my head and what ended up on the canvas was irredeemably large.
I sometimes worry that all the beautiful things have been made.
I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train.
I'll be the one with the steering wheel through my chest. You can write the obituary.
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.
I've got two young kids. I don't know what the future holds.
I've signed on for four movies, and I'll do four. That's easy. No complications there.
Is it just me, or is the world full of beautiful 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.
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.
It's was very hot, too. It was 100 degrees when we were filming in the park in London where we did some of the outdoor stuff. It was a nightmare.
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.
My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but Harry Potter, too? Well, I think I qualify for a medal for exceptional parenting or something, don't you?
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.
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.
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.
The backgrounds in Lord of the Rings are all explained.
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.
The worst thing about doing telly is that the people who come up to you are almost invariably arseholes. They are arseholes at their work, they're arseholes in the pub, they're probably the arsehole of the family.
Usually for a movie, if you want a 13-year-old, you get a 16-year-old who looks 13, because 13-year-olds don't have that level of self-awareness.
We cut a few lines that we were doing that seemed to repeat themselves. But the writer is around a lot, and he's not possessive about his lines. And so the important thing obviously is to tell the story as it was. Because the children will soon let you know if you messed that thing up.
What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.
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.
Why is it trivia? People call it trivia because they know nothing and they are embarrassed about it.
Yeah. Well, I mean, how old is Hagrid? 400 years old - something like that?
You can tell when people worry about things that don't really matter. For example, you should never worry about the level of performance you has given in that particular scene because there's going to be 10 takes, which is wildly over the top, it would end up on the cutting room floor.
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Robbie was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for his services to drama.
Robbie and wife Rhona Gemmell are currently separated.
Throughout the Seventies Robbie worked with the San Quentin Theatre Group, the Bush Theatre, and Edinburgh's renowned Traverse Theatre. And it was with this last group that he formed a working relationship with playwright and director John Byrne, appearing in his The Slab Boys, a trilogy about three unruly Glaswegian kids, and Cuttin' The Rug, about factory workers.
In 1973, Robbie's 50-minute documentary, Young Mental Health (a further pointer towards one of his most famous roles) was voted Film Of The Year by the Scottish Education Council.
Robbie made his stage debut, aged 12, delivering charged rants from Henry V while wrapped in chain mail.
Robbie's father died from lung cancer when Robbie was still in his teens. Worse, in 1976, Robbie's younger sister, Jane, committed suicide while studying at York University.
Robbie's parents were both Scottish Calvinists.
In 2003, Robbie was nominated for the PFCS Award for Best Acting Ensemble for: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). It was shared with: Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Jason Isaacs, Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, and Emma Watson.
In 1991, Robbie won the Peter Sellers Award for Comedy.
In 1988, Robbie was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for:
In 1995, Robbie won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for:
In 2002, Robbie was nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).
Robbie has appeared in five films opposite a former member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. His cast mate in Nuns on the Run (1990) and European Vacation (1985) was
Robbie's last name is taken from the famous jazz artist John Coltrane.
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