Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
All this nonsense in the Middle East. It's hard not to think about it.
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All this nonsense in the Middle East. It's hard not to think about it.
Boothby Graffoe calling up to pester me into promoting his new album, available on Amazon and iTunes.
The possibility that my forensic accountant might not be mistaken about various people badly using me.
Andre, the kids, my foundation and sometimes the dogs.
Sometimes the overwhelming realisation that I will one day die; but mostly that ShortList man from the tube throwing stones at my window.
Worrying about my kids.
Unfinished songs.
Thinking about the next day.
My little girl. I often get visits just for a cuddle.
Foxes making love: it’s a very unsettling sound.
The fact that at least 300,000 women die every year from pregnancy and childbirth-related issues that are largely preventable.
Worrying that I’ve upset people.
Wanting to be better: a better actor, a better father.
Looking at conspiracy theories about JFK on the internet.
Thinking about all the worst possible things: losing people, dying, how am I going to die? All that sort of stuff. I stay awake thinking about furniture and shoes as well. It’s not all death.
Worry about being self-employed. Nowadays, I don’t lose sleep over my divorce – I did for about a year.
Insomnia. I go to bed at 9.30pm and listen to Radio 4.
Worry about work: it’s a precarious business being an actor.
Travelling on a tour bus.
The light in my neighbours’ kitchen because they still haven’t put a blind up.