Quotes from Jonathan Rhys Meyers


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I didn't use a phone until I was 14.


Could I imagine myself as king? Of course I could.


Even though I've had the body of work I've had, and the success I've had, I do not rest on my laurels whatsoever.


I think all actors have addictive personalities.


I want to do really good things with my life.


Let's be honest. Physicality is going to have a bearing on the parts you get. And if you think differently, you're in the wrong business.


My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.


It can take a long time for some people to find out how to ground themselves, and film sets are an odd atmosphere to do it in - especially if, like me, you finished school early.


I actually live very, very simply.


I completely believe that I will produce my best work and my best work will come in my thirties.


I'm a one-woman guy. I think that if you can find someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, you should marry them instantly, and try to stay married.


I got paid 20 grand for my first film. And that's the lowest I ever got paid.


I like being 30. I wouldn't want to do the twenties again. They are their own entity.


I like reading, going to the gym, hanging out with my family. That's it.


I take care of myself so I don't feel insecure about my body.


If another actor gets a good role, I'm furious.


No one picked on me for my lunch money. Probably because it was the 1980s and no one had lunch money.


I don't love acting. How can you love something when you sit around 12 hours a day and work 10 minutes a day? I'm just doing it because it keeps me off the streets and out of jail.


I wouldn't date an actress. There's only room for one actor in my life and I'm it. Too difficult. On the one hand, they understand the job. But on the other hand, it's very competitive within the relationship. Two actors, say one becomes a mega-star and the other doesn't.


Celebrity has lost its value - all you have to do is go on a reality TV show for six weeks and everybody knows your name.