Quotes from Rhys Ifans

Whereas Superman is a godlike guy from another planet and Batman is this mysterious, unknowable billionaire, everyone in 'Spider-Man' is human and flawed.

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.

I consider projects very deeply, but there's always a point in your life where there's a bit of randomity.

When I'm not filming, I do rock n' roll; when I'm not doing rock n' roll, I do filming.

My personal life is invented for me, so why bother?

A pub can be a magical place.

I come from a culture where the pub is the centre of the community. The pub is the Internet. It's where information is gathered, collated and addressed.

All punk rockers hate Christmas.

I play really bad punk rock guitar.

I freely admit that I am a bit of a misfit.

I've done a lot of Shakespeare onstage, and I'm not convinced that the Earl of Oxford was the author of all those works, but I am convinced that the Stratfordian William Shakespeare was not. My feeling is that it was an amalgamation of many writers, in the same way that most films are a collaborative endeavor.

There is no such thing as a criminal life. Life is life, and life is criminalized. No one ever, in the history of life, has chosen a criminal life. No one has ever said, 'I want to be a criminal.' No one ever has done that.

The whole film genre is one of deceit. It is the suspension of disbelief. That's what all theater and all film is based on.

When I was taught Shakespeare in school, it was such an alien, sanitized puzzle, it made no sense.

I'm a real magpie when it comes to music; it's all random, and there's no pattern to what I like.

You know you are in a good film when it affects the audience.

On a conventional film, you do one take, and if it's good, they say, 'Let's do another one for insurance.'

Edward Curtis was a photographer in the late 19th century who tried to document the rapidly disappearing Native Americans. He assembled a canon of work which, today, is exemplary and invaluable.

I do find real life a bit overwhelming sometimes. I'm totally chaotic.

I think that all great art never strives to answer any questions; it just asks the appropriate ones at the appropriate time.

It's a great life being an actor, and I wouldn't change it for anything.

In terms of partying and reckless abandon, I'm Don Juan. But, in terms of my heart, I'm the most loyal man you'll ever meet.

For me, 'Come and See' is, by a million miles, the best film about war that has ever been made. I would highly recommend, encourage and enforce anyone to watch it.

I go to work, and I work very hard. I'm loyal, generous, true, kind, fair - all those boxes are ticked. I'm going to Heaven.