Robbie Coltrane (Actor)

"I'm a big fan of Richard Harris. I once did a chat show with him. It turned out to be about hell-raisers. A hell-raiser is basically an alcoholic heterosexual, so I qualified. I didn't realize that was the subtext. I thought how flattering, to be on with such big stars." - Coltrane to The London Times magazine, Oct. 7, 2001

"I've been lucky. I think if I lost weight, I'd have a face like Mick Jagger's. You could run a bicycle down my cheeks and it wouldn't move. Don't they say you can get a good face or a good ass but not both?" - Coltrane quoted in The London Times magazine, Oct. 7, 2001

"There is a kind of recklessness about Glasgow which I find missing in a lot of places. Actually, this is why I feel at home [in New York]. It's that same sort of, 'Oh, what the hell! Come on, let's have a drink, what's the matter with you!' I love that." - Coltrane quoted in TV Guide, Aug. 3, 1996

He 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.

On celebrity and the media, Coltrane told The London Times magazine (Oct. 7, 2001): "The celebrity circuit has never been too attractive to me. You're thrown into a room with 300 other people, one of whom once did a chocolate ad, one presented a children's programme, one murdered his mother. You think, what are we supposed to have in common? You stand there with a drink, people throw Elle Macpherson at you and have photographs taken, and flog them to people who imagine you're having a wonderful life.

"Of course, you should be wary of the sort of attention you attract, because it doesn't stop. People are so unembarrassed about being intrusive. They see you sitting there with your friends, having a quiet time, and they come up and go, 'Oi, you. Robbie. Eh.' You wouldn't do that. would you?"