Quotes from Rhys Thomas

Slowly, things were getting back to normal. The problem was, normal didn't feel so good anymore.

Let the past inform your future, but not define it.

I want you to know that I think you've saved my life.

Slow and the world will reveal itself, his father had once said during a walk in the woods, explaining how chaotic and fast things had become, how the world is harder to understand because it operates at a speed non-conducive to humanity and how in hectic moments the act of slowing down, closing your eyes, taking a breath, offers a fresh perspective.

People will let you down. All the time they'll let you down. But you must never let them down.

He sometimes wondered about depression and anxiety and how people called them mental illness. It made no sense. How could somebody look out at the wide world and not have an anxious or depressed reaction?

I did a pilot for a show about community support officers, and all the community support officers were pleased that we didn't portray them as idiots.

Most people were annoyed with my voice, I think, because I'm working-class, and that doesn't sound quite right on Radio 4.

I'm used to writing and performing my own material; doing someone else's is refreshing.

People who win awards for drama and for crying their eyes out for two hours... it's easy!

I always found the dramatic side of things easier than the comedy, because there's so many ways to do comedy, and it's also subjective. Someone might not laugh at what you do, whereas if you're going to do a dramatic scene, there's usually only one way you can do it.

There is a little bit of snobbery with casting, and unless you're a really successful comedian like Ruth Jones, you don't get to be in the drama side of things.