Rhys Ifans
Rhys Ifans
Rhys Ifans is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for his portrayal of characters such as Spike in Notting Hill, Jed Parry in Enduring Love and Eyeball Paul in Kevin & Perry Go Large. He is also known as a member of the rock groups Super Furry Animals and The Peth. Ifans also appeared as Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, and as Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man. He...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 July 1967
CityHaverfordwest, England
You look at any culture, and prohibition has invariably been an unmitigated failure. It is just idiotic to criminalise any substance, I think.
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.
I am essentially very shy. Which, I guess, is why I'm very good at not being shy.
Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of.
I honed my passion for acting in theatre and education, and I think it's important not to belittle the child audience.
My personal life is invented for me, so why bother?
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.
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.
When I was young, I was in a hurry to live. And now I'm just not in a hurry.
I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting.
There aren't many odysseys in cinema for characters.
I go to work, and I work very hard. I'm loyal, generous, true, kind, fair - all those boxes are ticked. I'm going to Heaven.
I don't have a problem with green screen at all. I think children invented CGI. We invent worlds. A stick can become a sword. Or a bowl of stones can become a bowl of tomatoes. That's what children do, and that's what CGI enables us to do.
I'm a real magpie when it comes to music; it's all random, and there's no pattern to what I like.