Rhys Ifans Quotes

I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago.

The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.

I never took to Hollywood.

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

When you're just an actor, maybe not the top of the list guys, you get constant rejection and it's fun.

For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward. We're well-paid animals in a zoo.

The last thing you want is to be desperate in Hollywood.

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

I wasn't one of those kids who was chasing the dream and wanted to get to Hollywood because one day I was gonna get my chance and be a big star. I never felt like that.

I have a lot of fun playing a model on television, and I love being an actress. I don't think I could ever handle that world.

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?'

Hollywood is the kind of town that likes to make everything larger than life: movie premieres, aging actress' lips, and murders. Actors come from all over the world to find their sliver of fame on the street of L.A. Many stars rise, but many more fall.

I just stepped off the show biz bus and changed gears.

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

If you're an actress and even one person knows your name, you're lucky.

My dad always said there's four phases in an actor/director's life. There's 'Mario Who?' There's 'Get me Mario!' 'Get me a young Mario,' and 'Mario Who?'

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.