Rhys Ifans Quotes

Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.

I wouldn't say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines.

Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.

I'll probably not be the best actor in Hollywood, and I am okay with that. But I will be the hardest working one, and I'll be the one that people like to work with because I show up on time, and I don't complain.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.

When I left Maine, I always wanted to be a working actor. I never cared too much about being the star. I just wanted to do the work and get on with it.

What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can.

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

I have had demanding jobs since I was 18 years old. I have had two sick days in all my working life.

When I went to auditions, if I didn't know the lines, I wasn't getting the job. If I knew my lines, if I knew what I was supposed to be doing, I got the job. And it was always like that - if I'm working hard, I get the result that I'm looking for.

My entire career, I've been a worker.

Acting is such a weird job.

I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.

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.

An actor's job is to embrace emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from.

Many movie stars or American Idol contestants sort of fall into theater... and say, 'Oh, yeah, I would love to do theater.' And then they get here and say, 'Oh, wait a minute, this actually is a craft!' It's not just show up one day and do it. It's show up eight times a week, twice on Wednesdays and twice on Saturdays.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

I'd like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker.

Acting is very much an all-or-nothing job.

I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.

My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.

Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.

Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.