Rhys Ifans Quotes

I've been acting for 30 years. It's a grind.

Acting is the most difficult job in the world.

This acting was very hard work.

Acting is not glamorous. It's not. Anybody who wants to get into acting for the glamour is in for a hard time.

Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and a lot of hard work, and I think that theater teaches you that you've got to know your stuff because you only get one chance.

I came out of repertory theater, where I worked 50 weeks a year, and I loved working with the people.

Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it.

Acting is my life. It's what I live and breathe.

Acting is really only part of my life. I'm addicted to it.

I just want to act. I just want to do the work.

Oh, yes - being interested in acting never changes. Acting is in your blood, and of course I'll always be interested in it.

Acting is the only thing I ever really wanted to do, and I'm really ill-prepared to do anything else.

Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere.

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

Being an actor is not like any other job. It's not easy.

Acting is such a strange, vague profession, but my kids know it's hard labour.

You don't pay an actor to act. An actor will do that for free because we love to act. You pay an actor to wait.

Being an actor is like being a monk: you have got to be dedicated.

I really respect actors much more now that I am one because I realise what hard work goes into being part of the industry.

People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.

For me, acting is doing.

I love to act. I need to act. It's the big itch I need to scratch.

Yeah, I do get to do some theater occasionally. I don't get to do it as much as I would like to.