Matthew Rhys Quotes

I wasn't one of the cool kids by any stretch. I just bumbled along really.

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

I've aged. 'Patagonia' has robbed me of a decade of my life.

At home I can become lazy and if a Welsh word is really long, I just replace it with English.

We're sometimes treated like the stupid cousin, so I'm always drawn to characters that make you feel good about being Welsh.

I was shocked by the amount of Welsh people in L.A. We'd go to this British pub to watch the 'Six Nations' early in the morning and I remember the first time I walked in it was just a sea of red.

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 love the stage. I'm always sniffing around to see if there's something I can squidge in quickly.

I absolutely loved my time at 'Brothers & Sisters,' what I learned and everything that went with it. It was an incredibly formative time for me.

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

When I speak to people from Britain, that's when I feel like a fake, speaking with an American accent.

I've done a number of projects where people go, 'This is your breakthrough role,' so I've stopped thinking that.

I love it when television is shot in a cinematic way and I think to aspire to that is no bad thing.

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

I think my mother would be very happy if I found a nice Welsh girl.

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.

In my twenties, I thought I was Robert De Niro and I invested all of myself in my acting. But, as I've got older, I've calmed down a bit. I've thrown my game plan out of the window.

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.

You play to whatever publication you're being interviewed by.

I definitely want to go back to the theatre. It is hard work, it is repetitive, but it is intensely rewarding.

There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles.

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.

As for waxing, I've never waxed in my life and I never would. I'm extremely Welsh, so I draw the line at removing body hair.

Any lie should be as close to the truth as possible.

I thought maybe I'd be a farmer. That was another silly notion. I think I'd last about five minutes, being a farmer.

In my head, I think I'd make a perfect spy, but in reality, I don't think I'd fare very well.

I am one of those actors who does feel a change when a wig and fake nose are put on. Even the weird little things, like glasses - it's almost like having a mask on.

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.