102 Quotes by Rhys Ifans

If I'd been a rock star, I'd probably now be dead.

I've been to unpretty places with the roles I've played, and I'm attracted to reckless abandon. I like being taken to the edge of my own abyss.

Whoever wrote Shakespeare is a working class hero be he an aristocrat or a peasant. Shakespeare is a great leveler. We're presented with kings, queens, emperors and giants who feel the same things as everyone else: jealousy, love, anger, bitterness, grief, loss.

If it is not scary, it is not worth doing.

Don’t be late. Learn your lines. Be good to people. Treat people nice.

I’ve been to unpretty places with the roles I’ve played, and I’m attracted to reckless abandon. I like being taken to the edge of my own abyss.

Whoever wrote Shakespeare is a working class hero be he an aristocrat or a peasant. Shakespeare is a great leveler. We’re presented with kings, queens, emperors and giants who feel the same things as everyone else: jealousy, love, anger, bitterness, grief, loss.

If I’d been a rock star, I’d probably now be dead.

The joy of a period film is that you’re taken to another world. The costumes determine the way you move, and then consequently the way you breathe. And then, the way you breathe effects the way you think.