7 Quotes & Sayings By Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans was born in Wales and grew up in Australia. He studied drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and later joined the National Youth Theatre before going on to a film career. After a few years in television he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company where he played Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo, Henry IV, Henry V and As You Like It. In 1992 he won a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance as the Fool in the RSC's production of King Lear Read more

In 1994 he played Martin Guerre in The Seer and in 1996 appeared as Denethor in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. He has taken leading roles in films such as Notting Hill, Brassed Off and Enchanted.

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You look at any culture, and prohibition has invariably been an unmitigated failure. It is just idiotic to criminalise any substance, I think. Rhys Ifans
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As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do. Rhys Ifans
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All punk rockers hate Christmas. Rhys Ifans
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I went to the Guilford School of Music and Drama, which was affiliated with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I was lucky enough to be taught by a beautiful, wonderful teacher called Patsy Rodenberg, who works a lot with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a voice coach and technician. Rhys Ifans
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Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of. Rhys Ifans
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When you act, you've got to be like a poet or a musician. It's not about evidence before court. It's not a forensic subject. It's poetry; it's a completely different place. Rhys Ifans