Rhys Ifans

“The war on drugs is being lost on a daily basis.”

“In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions.”

“I consider projects very deeply, but there's always a point in your life where there's a bit of randomity.”

“I'm a passionate Welshman. I have a culinary relationship with language: I taste what I say because I have two languages, and each informs the other.”

“The majority of comic book villains are pure evil, but Curt Connors is an exception. Curt Connors is a good man who initially wants to save the world, but he gets hungry and greedy and reckless, and he pays the price for that.”

“People say: 'Oh, it's only acting,' but it's not ever just acting. At least not with me.”

“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 am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.”

“For me, 'Come and See' is, by a million miles, the best film about war that has ever been made. I would highly recommend, encourage and enforce anyone to watch it.”

“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.”

“I come from a culture where the pub is the centre of the community. The pub is the Internet. It's where information is gathered, collated and addressed.”

“I'm Welsh. We didn't do 'Peter Pan.' We have far more ancient legends to be put to sleep with.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“I honed my passion for acting in theatre and education, and I think it's important not to belittle the child audience.”

“I play really bad punk rock guitar.”

“I do find real life a bit overwhelming sometimes. I'm totally chaotic.”