I’ll move back to Wales if and when I have children. I want them to speak the language I speak, but I love living in London. It’s my favourite city in the whole world. I love it because it’s not England, it’s London. Rhys Ifans Read Quote
Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It’s almost a fear of what you’re capable of. Rhys Ifans Read Quote
What was extraordinary about Occupy London was that it was a village with a louder voice than one of the biggest cities of the world. Rhys Ifans Read Quote
On a conventional film, you do one take, and if it’s good, they say, ‘Let’s do another one for insurance.’ Rhys Ifans Read Quote
Film and stage are very different; I don’t necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go back to the theater. To learn humility, to learn bravery and to remind yourself that the pistons that drive your craft are working on full power. And to remind yourself how badly paid actors can be. Rhys Ifans Read Quote
The whole film genre is one of deceit. It is the suspension of disbelief. That’s what all theater and all film is based on. Rhys Ifans Read Quote
As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do. Rhys Ifans Read Quote
