67 Quotes by Matthew Rhys

I’ve realised that nobody’s going to die if I don’t get it right and that there are a number of things out there, beyond acting, that are very interesting and fulfilling.

Me and my friend Ioan Gruffudd are like chalk and cheese when it comes to clothes. He lives for his clothes and has an amazing wardrobe. If we’re going out I’ll turn up at his house and say, ‘I haven’t got anything to wear,’ and he’ll tut and sigh and then lend me something swanky.

It’s weird how your perspective changes. At the start of your career, you think, ‘I just want to do cutting-edge work that makes people think.’ Now, I would do a blockbuster in a heartbeat.

I’ve suffered from an identity crisis my entire life. It’s why I went into acting.

I’m 33 now and I seem to have hit a fitness plane. Shifting the wobbly bits isn’t as easy as it used to be.

I do like to keep my private life to myself. But then again, I don’t really get up to much.

I feel comfortable here primarily because I think Los Angeles is made up of people who don’t come from here, so you can find kindred spirits very easily. It’s a town of gypsies.

I call Sally Field ‘America’s Mother!’ She is incredible to watch.

I got a lot out of ‘Brothers Sisters’ and learnt some incredible things and I think it certainly had come to a natural ending, so it was definitely time to move on.