Quotes from Jonathan Rhys Meyers

I got paid 20 grand for my first film. And that's the lowest I ever got paid.

I was just a kid and I didn't have a dad. That's hard, because when you're a kid, you blame yourself for everything. And I blamed myself for him not being around, for my parents not being together.

You know what I like to do on a Sunday morning? Clean my house. I really enjoy it; it's my ritual. I require tidiness, actually. I have to have everything spotless before I can relax.

I think all actors have addictive personalities.

I didn't use a phone until I was 14.

Let's be honest. Physicality is going to have a bearing on the parts you get. And if you think differently, you're in the wrong business.

No one picked on me for my lunch money. Probably because it was the 1980s and no one had lunch money.

There's not much of a difference shooting something for TV and shooting something for film; the difference is film is in a cinema and TV is in your home.

I take care of myself so I don't feel insecure about my body.

Celebrity has lost its value - all you have to do is go on a reality TV show for six weeks and everybody knows your name.

I wouldn't date an actress. There's only room for one actor in my life and I'm it. Too difficult. On the one hand, they understand the job. But on the other hand, it's very competitive within the relationship. Two actors, say one becomes a mega-star and the other doesn't.

Going after a part in Hollywood is like being a gladiator in ancient Rome. When it comes down to getting a role, you don't have any friends, you're incredibly competitive and any actor who tells you different is lying.

A lot of my success is because of what I look like. I know that.

My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.

If another actor gets a good role, I'm furious.

I want to do really good things with my life.

I find actors who play nasty guys in movies are the nicest guys in real life, and the opposite then goes for heroes.

I always think there will be that time that people will find out that I'm crap at what I do.

The hardest part about acting is realizing it doesn't matter.

I'm a workaholic. I also go to the gym a lot - it's my new thing. Yes, I am a compulsive person.

I wouldn't date an actress. There's only room for one actor in my life and I'm it. Too difficult. On the one hand, they understand the job. But on the other hand, it's very competitive within the relationship. Two actors, say one becomes a mega-star and the other doesn't.

I've never gone to acting school and I never will, so I'm learning about the business from the people who are in the business. It doesn't seem like I work at all. And the unknown is always exciting.

You know what I like to do on a Sunday morning? Clean my house. I really enjoy it it's my ritual. I require tidiness, actually. I have to have everything spotless before I can relax.

I was just a kid and I didn't have a dad. That's hard, because when you're a kid, you blame yourself for everything. And I blamed myself for him not being around, for my parents not being together.