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
Very often, actors have to face being rejected time and again, and we must remember that the red carpet lasts just a minute.
When I was young, I was in a hurry to live. And now I'm just not in a hurry.
When I was taught Shakespeare in school, it was such an alien, sanitized puzzle, it made no sense.
What was extraordinary about Occupy London was that it was a village with a louder voice than one of the biggest cities of the world.
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.
There is no such thing as a criminal life. Life is life, and life is criminalized. No one ever, in the history of life, has chosen a criminal life. No one has ever said, 'I want to be a criminal.' No one ever has done that.
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.
On a conventional film, you do one take, and if it's good, they say, 'Let's do another one for insurance.'
More than any other super-hero, 'Spider-Man' presents us with something very local in its ethics. It's not messianic. It's far more tangible.
As a Welsh speaker, I'm very conscious of how activism can effect real change.
After you have been incarcerated for so long, whatever story is told in the aftermath is beautiful.
Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.