I did a bit of modeling before I took up acting, and I was up for this big campaign – I can’t remember which designer – and all these execs were looking at my portfolio. Then one said: ‘We’d like to use you, but can you come back next year when you’ve lost this.’ And he tapped the underside of his chin. Rupert Penry-Jones Read Quote
I’ve always taken a lot of exercise – I get a bit depressed if I don’t. In terms of food, I’m a bit of a grazer. Rupert Penry-Jones Read Quote
You just worry that your time is up. It’s not that people suddenly go, ‘Oh, actually they’re not very good any more,’ but sometimes, well, your time is up. There are a lot of actors out there who just disappear. Rupert Penry-Jones Read Quote
Being rejected is not nice, and it never gets any easier no matter where you are in your career. Rupert Penry-Jones Read Quote
The ability to suspend reality and go into a make-believe world can be really, really difficult if there’s something really big going on. Rupert Penry-Jones Read Quote
My parents didn’t want me to be an actor. They didn’t think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right. Rupert Penry-Jones Read Quote
I always felt like acting was something I could just do if I wanted, which was wrong. Rupert Penry-Jones Read Quote
What I really enjoy is when someone who I used to have a crush on, a female from my industry, comes up to me at a party and says, ‘Oh, I’ve been dying to meet you. I’ve had such a crush on you.’ Rupert Penry-Jones Read Quote
I get very few nasty letters. A few from people who disapprove of the fact that I’m getting naked on television yet again. I don’t know why – I suppose they don’t like the idea that I’m doing that while I’m married with children. Rupert Penry-Jones Read Quote
