Top 91 Quotes by Rhys Ifans

People say: 'Oh, it's only acting,' but it's not ever just acting. At least not with me.

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

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

I think that Liverpool's particular modern history lends itself to the cinema better than London in many ways. When you go to Liverpool, you absorb that whole sound and humour.

I'm becoming more indulgent and less giving as an actor as I get older. I'm immersing myself more in roles emotionally.

I consider projects very deeply, but there's always a point in your life where there's a bit of randomity.

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.

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.

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

Edward Curtis was a photographer in the late 19th century who tried to document the rapidly disappearing Native Americans. He assembled a canon of work which, today, is exemplary and invaluable.