Ioan Gruffudd Quotes

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Ioan Gruffudd

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 6, 1973

Growing up in Wales, there was a lot of fervour about being Welsh. But the more that I travelled, I realised that people aren't always interested in where you're from, but who you are.

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On a trip to Cabo San Lucas, I was obsessed with Donna Tartt's 'The Secret History.' We were staying at the Esperanza hotel doing all sorts of lovely things, but I couldn't wait to get back to the book at night.

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When you're younger, you're going to be cast as the heroic, earnest leading man.

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I'm so renowned for 'Fantastic Four.'

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I didn't work for more than two years. I sat on the couch and waited for work to come in. I got depressed, went into the abyss.

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I know what it's like when the phone doesn't ring. It's the loneliest feeling in the world.

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I'm grateful for all the experiences, even the negative ones.

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I've looked at myself on screen and thought, 'Oh, that's what I look like, I'm not 26 any more.'

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Why do we write novels or make television about real things? It's the human condition and human suffering.

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There's truth and then there's fiction - I think truth does exist and you can present it.

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It would take me 10 lifetimes to achieve even half of what Wilberforce achieved.

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Speed I like. I do love driving and I've had a couple of those experiences where you go to a track and can test cars around the track.

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One often doesn't often get to do the same part, over and over again, unless you do a run in the theater.

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That's one of the things we love about being an actor. We get to change things up all the time to remain fresh.

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Los Angeles gets a very bad rap, the perception, especially by us Brits, is 'Oh, it's so fake,' but it's the antithesis!

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Had you met me when I was 18 I was very, very patriotic almost to the point of sounding a little bit bigoted or racist, but then I moved away, came to London, my eyes were opened and I saw the world.

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I defy any British actor to deny they've not stood in front of the mirror and said: 'Bond, James Bond.'

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I learned certain exercises to help me cope, to get myself in tip-top mental shape to deal with auditions and rejection.

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I think therapy should be part of everyone's preventative medicine.

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Having kids, you can't function with a hangover.

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