Craig Charles
Craig Charles
Craig Joseph Charlesis a British actor, comedian, author, poet, television presenter and DJ. He is best known for playing Dave Lister in the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf and Lloyd Mullaney in the soap opera Coronation Street, and as a funk and soul DJ...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth11 July 1964
CityLiverpool, England
bit estate family grim growing liverpool quite
We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.
thinking cells cheese
I was thinking - if we get a cell with a trouser press, we can make cheese toasties.
dark inventory sometimes
The inventory process and stepping back in your life can sometimes be a very dark process. But it also can be extremely funny and surprising.
accidents
For me, everything has always been an accident.
too-much way downtime
I'm busy and that's the way I like it - when I have too much downtime I get into trouble.
nice real ladders
I have a stepladder. It's a very nice stepladder but it's sad that I never knew my real ladder.
creepy looks critics
Critics called me 'egregious' - I had to look that one up - and 'creepy', but now I don't read them, I weigh them.
roots wealth fame
I've got wealth and fame but I haven't changed my roots.
incredibles lows has-beens
My life has been, I suppose, the most incredible series of highs and lows.
years tvs lucky
I've been very lucky, this is my 30th year on TV.
circles prison circle-of-friends
Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.
trying arms dustbin
Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length.
growing-up white black
We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.
school thinking training
Coming from having absolutely nothing to having a few grand in the bank, it was a big culture leap. I think that's why I went off the rails a bit really, 'cause there was no training for it. They didn't do fame in schools.