Rhys Ifans
Rhys Ifans
Rhys Ifans is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for his portrayal of characters such as Spike in Notting Hill, Jed Parry in Enduring Love and Eyeball Paul in Kevin & Perry Go Large. He is also known as a member of the rock groups Super Furry Animals and The Peth. Ifans also appeared as Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, and as Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man. He...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 July 1967
CityHaverfordwest, England
I'm a factory-floor actor: I learn the lines, I get there on time.
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.
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.
It's like a badge of honour if you're a British actor and you get the 'Harry Potter' call. It meant a lot to me.
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.
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.
I'm a real magpie when it comes to music; it's all random, and there's no pattern to what I like.
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.
I'm becoming more indulgent and less giving as an actor as I get older. I'm immersing myself more in roles emotionally.
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.
Very often, actors have to face being rejected time and again, and we must remember that the red carpet lasts just a minute.
What was extraordinary about Occupy London was that it was a village with a louder voice than one of the biggest cities of the world.
Well, I need to be frightened on a regular basis.
Villains are fun. I think the important thing in playing them is that they don't see themselves as villains. It lets you be a little more expansive.