Matthew Rhys Quotes

I Love The Stage. I'm Always Sniffing Around To See If There's Something I Can Squidge In Quickly.

I First Went To The Chubut Valley, The Colony That Runs About 800km Across The Width Of Argentina, In 2000. My Uncle Had Been There Tracing Family And Came Back Saying I Had To Go. So A Year Later I Did.

I Have Very Fond Memories Of The 80s; They Were Very Formative Years For Me. I Certainly Remember The Cold War. It Was A Closer Doorstep For The Brits Than The Americans, So It Was A Very Real And Palpable Threat At The Time.

I Got A Lot Out Of 'brothers Sisters' And Learnt Some Incredible Things And I Think It Certainly Had Come To A Natural Ending, So It Was Definitely Time To Move On.

In My Twenties, I Thought I Was Robert De Niro And I Invested All Of Myself In My Acting. But, As I've Got Older, I've Calmed Down A Bit. I've Thrown My Game Plan Out Of The Window.

I've Realised That Nobody's Going To Die If I Don't Get It Right And That There Are A Number Of Things Out There, Beyond Acting, That Are Very Interesting And Fulfilling.

Within The Microcosm Of A Film You Get Drawn To People. There Are Certain Projects You Care Enormously About, And 'the Edge Of Love' Was One Because I Was Portraying A Great Hero Of Mine, Dylan Thomas.

I'm Certainly Not One Of Those Actors Who Remain In A Dark Place The Entire Time In Order To Be Doing The Scene. I Sort Of Come In And Out Of It. It Can Be To The Detriment Of My Performance Sometimes!

When I Speak To People From Britain, That's When I Feel Like A Fake, Speaking With An American Accent.

I Was Shocked By The Amount Of Welsh People In L.a. We'd Go To This British Pub To Watch The 'six Nations' Early In The Morning And I Remember The First Time I Walked In It Was Just A Sea Of Red.

I've Done A Number Of Projects Where People Go, 'this Is Your Breakthrough Role,' So I've Stopped Thinking That.

I Love It When Television Is Shot In A Cinematic Way And I Think To Aspire To That Is No Bad Thing.