Matthew Rhys Quotes

I traveled to Ireland to research 'Sandcastles,' to visit the coastline where my ancestors looked toward America, the tiny town they once loved so much, and the docks from which they sailed toward their dreams of building a better life for their family. The answers I found on that journey are woven through the novel.

The journey to Burma is etched in my brain, full of all sorts of intense memories.

I sailed around Europe and lived with the Karen tribe in Thailand for a month.

My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell.

I go back to Africa every year. I have a home there. You know, my grandfather lives back there in Cameroon.

Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.

Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process, too.

A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It's not about inventing.

My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland.

I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family.

I never met my Uncle Jack. My mom was six months pregnant with me when he died. But I knew his wife and two kids very well.

A friend of ours has a hobby doing genealogy, and we found out that we were cousins in the ninth degree, that we had a common ancestor on the Mayflower.

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.

I'm not good at explaining why I walked across Afghanistan.

I didn't do very well when I was at school, so my dad gave me the opportunity to travel in Africa. I drove from London to Nairobi. It was incredible.

My sister, she's amazing. She sort of inspired me to take this journey to Latin America.

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.

'Kiss Land' is the story after 'Trilogy'; it's pretty much the second chapter of my life. The narrative takes place after my first flight; it's very foreign, very Asian-inspired. When people ask me, 'Why Japan?' I simply tell them it's the furthest I've ever been from home. It really is a different planet.

My first port of call was Los Angeles. That's where I laid my first foot on America.

I visited Krakow about 10 years ago, and when you're named Krakowski, you are very welcomed. I loved every minute of it. They had 'Ally McBeal' on Polish TV. People offered to drive us out to our family's farm.

My grandfather, who is English, was a member of a gentleman's club called the Caledonian, which you can only be a member of if you have Scottish lineage.

I'm really in touch with my Italian roots. My mom's whole side of the family is there.

I grew up in Rhode Island. Most of my family on both sides is from Rhode Island.

I went to Australia and did a three day hike with my fiance through the wilderness, which was nice.

There might be the odd person in my family who was an artist down the line, but no one in my immediate family is an actor of any kind.