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 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.
When I was young, I was in a hurry to live. And now I'm just not in a hurry.
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 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.