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
There's two kinds of rock n' roll casualty: the one that has huge success and adoration, and then suddenly it stops. Or there's when you're in a band: it is all-consuming, so then you have the dream of that, and then the dream's taken away from you even before it happens.
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.
The joy of a period film is that you're taken to another world. The costumes determine the way you move, and then consequently the way you breathe. And then, the way you breathe effects the way you think.
I've been to unpretty places with the roles I've played, and I'm attracted to reckless abandon. I like being taken to the edge of my own abyss.
I think Liverpool generates generosity which rubs off - it's a good place to work and to party.
Spider-Man is a school boy that's looking for his parents.
You know you are in a good film when it affects the audience.
We're in an age of enlightenment, and we have a choice as a society which path to take.
I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting.
I'm a real magpie when it comes to music; it's all random, and there's no pattern to what I like.
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.
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.
When I was taught Shakespeare in school, it was such an alien, sanitized puzzle, it made no sense.
Very often, actors have to face being rejected time and again, and we must remember that the red carpet lasts just a minute.