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
I consider projects very deeply, but there's always a point in your life where there's a bit of randomity.
I do find real life a bit overwhelming sometimes. I'm totally chaotic.
I'll move back to Wales if and when I have children. I want them to speak the language I speak, but I love living in London. It's my favourite city in the whole world. I love it because it's not England, it's London.
I am not gadgety at all. It's not that I'm appalled by technology, but I've taken my time acquiring any of it.
I'm Welsh. We didn't do 'Peter Pan.' We have far more ancient legends to be put to sleep with.
In a sense, I feel a lot more an outsider in Los Angeles than I did in Newfoundland.
I'm becoming more indulgent and less giving as an actor as I get older. I'm immersing myself more in roles emotionally.
In terms of partying and reckless abandon, I'm Don Juan. But, in terms of my heart, I'm the most loyal man you'll ever meet.
I never thought I would be in a film.
I just don't take myself as seriously anymore. But as a result of that, I am taking myself more seriously. My ego has gone on holiday, and it can't get a flight back home.
I'm a sporadic reader. I have moments when I can't stop... then I kind of forget that I can read. But then I go, 'Oh God, yeah, books!'
I'm a passionate Welshman. I have a culinary relationship with language: I taste what I say because I have two languages, and each informs the other.
If you've got a camera, go to a war zone and tell a story.
Howard Marks is a great friend and a great Welshman.