Matthew Rhys Quotes

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• I've suffered from an identity crisis my entire life. It's why I went into acting.

  Matthew Rhys

  Acting, Identity, Crisis

  "The GQ+A: Matthew Rhys Channels The A-Team in The Americans". Interview with Freddie Campion, www.gq.com. February 6, 2013.

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• I find acting in contact lenses is bizarre to me, because there's just a giant filter between you and the world. I know it sounds painfully, ridiculously obvious, but it's true. You're just so detached.

  Matthew Rhys

  Acting, Sound, Giants

  "‘The Americans’ star Matthew Rhys: Philip would defect ‘in a heartbeat’". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. February 4, 2015.

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• I feel comfortable here primarily because I think Los Angeles is made up of people who don't come from here, so you can find kindred spirits very easily. It's a town of gypsies.

  Matthew Rhys

  Thinking, People, Towns

  "Matthew Rhys on Brothers and Sisters". Interview with Neil Midgley, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 21, 2010.

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• I am one of those actors who does feel a change when a wig and fake nose are put on. Even the weird little things, like glasses - it's almost like having a mask on.

  Matthew Rhys

  Fake, Little Things, Mask

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• Generally speaking, I'm a jeans, T-shirt and boots man but I do own an Armani suit, which gets a regular outing. It's nothing fancy - just a classic, well-cut suit with clean lines and beautiful tailoring. It's timeless and you can mix and match it with anything to dress up or dress down.

  Matthew Rhys

  Beautiful, Cutting, Men

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• In my head, I think I'd make a perfect spy, but in reality, I don't think I'd fare very well.

  Matthew Rhys

  Reality, Thinking, Perfect

  "The GQ+A: Matthew Rhys Channels The A-Team in The Americans". Interview with Freddie Campion, www.gq.com. February 06, 2013.

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• I thought maybe I'd be a farmer. That was another silly notion. I think I'd last about five minutes, being a farmer.

  Matthew Rhys

  Silly, Thinking, Lasts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Any lie should be as close to the truth as possible.

  Matthew Rhys

  Lying

  Source: variety.com

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• We're sometimes treated like the stupid cousin, so I'm always drawn to characters that make you feel good about being Welsh.

  Matthew Rhys

  Cousin, Stupid, Character

  "Matthew Rhys: from Patagonia with love" by Hannah Booth, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2011.

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• I'm 33 now and I seem to have hit a fitness plane. Shifting the wobbly bits isn't as easy as it used to be.

  Matthew Rhys

  Shifting, Easy, Planes

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• As for waxing, I've never waxed in my life and I never would. I'm extremely Welsh, so I draw the line at removing body hair.

  Matthew Rhys

  Hair, Waxing, Body

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• 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.

  Matthew Rhys

  Morning, Sea, People

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• There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles.

  Matthew Rhys

  Unique, Missing, Los Angeles

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• I definitely want to go back to the theatre. It is hard work, it is repetitive, but it is intensely rewarding.

  Matthew Rhys

  Hard Work, Theatre, Want

  "Matthew Rhys on Brothers and Sisters". www.telegraph.co.uk. January 21, 2010.

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• You play to whatever publication you're being interviewed by.

  Matthew Rhys

  Play, Publication

  "Matthew Rhys on Brothers and Sisters" by Neil Midgley, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 21, 2010.

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• 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.

  Matthew Rhys

  Running, Uncles, Years

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• I love the stage. I'm always sniffing around to see if there's something I can squidge in quickly.

  Matthew Rhys

  Stage, Sniffing, Ifs

  Source: variety.com

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• 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.

  Matthew Rhys

  Memories, Real, War

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• 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.

  Matthew Rhys

  Brother, Moving, Thinking

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• 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.

  Matthew Rhys

  Games, Acting, Twenties

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• 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.

  Matthew Rhys

  Numbers, Interesting, Acting

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• 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.

  Matthew Rhys

  Hero, People, Care

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• 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!

  Matthew Rhys

  Dark, Order, Actors

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• It's weird how your perspective changes. At the start of your career, you think, 'I just want to do cutting-edge work that makes people think.' Now, I would do a blockbuster in a heartbeat.

  Matthew Rhys

  Cutting, Thinking, Careers

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• Me and my friend Ioan Gruffudd are like chalk and cheese when it comes to clothes. He lives for his clothes and has an amazing wardrobe. If we're going out I'll turn up at his house and say, 'I haven't got anything to wear,' and he'll tut and sigh and then lend me something swanky.

  Matthew Rhys

  Clothes, House, Cheese

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