Rhys Ifans Quotes

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

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.

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

It is joyous for any actor to enter other grounds of consciousness and thought. At the end of the day, we just all like dressing up and playing around.

In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions.

I am the least likely person in the world to be in an American football film! Which is why I couldn't say no to The Replacements; I thought it was hilarious.

My work is my way of expressing myself without being arrested.

I freely admit that I am a bit of a misfit.

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

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

I think Jesus was a bit more of a fun guy. I'd like to play Him like maybe some days He doesn't fancy it, being God. Some days He's miracled-out and just wants to go have a smoke.

Villains are fun. I think the important thing in playing them is that they don't see themselves as villains. It lets you be a little more expansive.

I play really bad punk rock guitar. Age-old friends; it's just great hanging out with your mates, causing havoc.

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.

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

All punk rockers hate Christmas.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

You look at any culture, and prohibition has invariably been an unmitigated failure. It is just idiotic to criminalise any substance, I think.