Quotes from Rhys Ifans

I've worked with Hollywood stars, but the reason most of the Hollywood stars I've worked with are Hollywood stars is that they're excellent actors, so I've been very lucky.

Well, I need to be frightened on a regular basis.

Very often, actors have to face being rejected time and again, and we must remember that the red carpet lasts just a minute.

I just don't take myself as seriously anymore. But as a result of that, I am taking myself more seriously. My ego has gone on holiday, and it can't get a flight back home.

It's every boy's dream to play Captain Hook.

I don't have a problem with green screen at all. I think children invented CGI. We invent worlds. A stick can become a sword. Or a bowl of stones can become a bowl of tomatoes. That's what children do, and that's what CGI enables us to do.

If it is not scary, it is not worth doing.

Every time the Tories get a bit of power, they rip off all the things I love... The mining industry. Milk.

Film and stage are very different; I don't necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go back to the theater. To learn humility, to learn bravery and to remind yourself that the pistons that drive your craft are working on full power. And to remind yourself how badly paid actors can be.

When I was young, I was in a hurry to live. And now I'm just not in a hurry.

Acting is a tough, difficult job with long unsociable hours, although it can be a brilliant job, too. I don't want to complain too much, as nurses, farmers and teachers are out working long hours.

Being on tour is a giggle.

I am essentially very shy. Which, I guess, is why I'm very good at not being shy.

Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.

I'm a sporadic reader. I have moments when I can't stop... then I kind of forget that I can read. But then I go, 'Oh God, yeah, books!'

It is joyous for any actor to enter other grounds of consciousness and thought. At the end of the day, we just all like dressing up and playing around.

I've had the longest mid-life crisis ever.

If you've got a camera, go to a war zone and tell a story.

I think that Liverpool's particular modern history lends itself to the cinema better than London in many ways. When you go to Liverpool, you absorb that whole sound and humour.

Every species has its pub.

Spider-Man is a school boy that's looking for his parents.

Each generation needs a 'Spider-Man' to mirror their angst.

I am not gadgety at all. It's not that I'm appalled by technology, but I've taken my time acquiring any of it.

Film can become stagnant as a medium.