102 Quotes by Rhys Ifans

When you act, you've got to be like a poet or a musician. It's not about evidence before court. It's not a forensic subject. It's poetry; it's a completely different place.

I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.

I've reached a point in my career when I can demand certain conditions, and one of them is a weekend break every three weeks during the shoot.

My personal life is invented for me, so why bother?

I honed my passion for acting in theatre and education, and I think it's important not to belittle the child audience.

Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of.

I am essentially very shy. Which, I guess, is why I'm very good at not being shy.

I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.

There's two kinds of rock n' roll casualty: the one that has huge success and adoration, and then suddenly it stops. Or there's when you're in a band: it is all-consuming, so then you have the dream of that, and then the dream's taken away from you even before it happens.