Rhys Ifans

“Club DJs don't talk to the crowd.”

“If I'd been a rock star, I'd probably now be dead.”

“We're in an age of enlightenment, and we have a choice as a society which path to take.”

“I just don't buy the tabloids.”

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

“Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of.”

“I don't do celebrity.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“As a Welsh speaker, I'm very conscious of how activism can effect real change.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“I think Liverpool generates generosity which rubs off - it's a good place to work and to party.”

“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!'”

“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.”