My work is my way of expressing myself without being arrested. Rhys Ifans More Quotes by Rhys Ifans More Quotes From Rhys Ifans I'm interested in playing Rasputin at some point. I find him such a fascinating character and a fascinating period in Russian history. Either Rasputin or Jesus. I think I have more of a chance to play Rasputin. Rhys Ifans character jesus thinking I think Jesus was a bit more of a fun guy. I'd like to play Him like maybe some days He doesn't fancy it, being God. Some days He's miracled-out and just wants to go have a smoke. Rhys Ifans fun jesus thinking If you had to find a period in history that would equate to what the Internet has presented us with now, it would be Elizabethan England. It was a world in flux. Rhys Ifans you internet history world We're in an age of enlightenment, and we have a choice as a society which path to take. Rhys Ifans choice society path age Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of. Rhys Ifans something you capable fear Every species has its pub. Rhys Ifans pub every species 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. Rhys Ifans say language taste relationship A pub can be a magical place. Rhys Ifans magical pub place The war on drugs is being lost on a daily basis. Rhys Ifans daily being lost war When I'm not filming, I do rock n' roll; when I'm not doing rock n' roll, I do filming. Rhys Ifans filming roll rock doing Each generation needs a 'Spider-Man' to mirror their angst. Rhys Ifans spider-man mirror generation needs Club DJs don't talk to the crowd. Rhys Ifans djs crowd club talk 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. Rhys Ifans actor like me you When I was taught Shakespeare in school, it was such an alien, sanitized puzzle, it made no sense. Rhys Ifans no-sense alien puzzle school When you act, you've got to be like a poet or a musician. It's not about evidence before court. It's not a forensic subject. It's poetry; it's a completely different place. Rhys Ifans place like you poetry I'm always flabbergasted and overwhelmed by the audience a film reaches. Rhys Ifans always overwhelmed audience film You look at any culture, and prohibition has invariably been an unmitigated failure. It is just idiotic to criminalise any substance, I think. Rhys Ifans look you failure culture Edward Curtis was a photographer in the late 19th century who tried to document the rapidly disappearing Native Americans. He assembled a canon of work which, today, is exemplary and invaluable. Rhys Ifans late photographer work today 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. Rhys Ifans pub internet community culture If you've got a camera, go to a war zone and tell a story. Rhys Ifans camera story you war
