Jonathan Rhys Meyers Quotes

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 27, 1977

I was just a kid and I didn't have a dad. That's hard, because when you're a kid, you blame yourself for everything. And I blamed myself for him not being around, for my parents not being together.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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.

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I don't hang out with movie stars, and you won't see me going to many Hollywood parties. I'm actually quite boring.

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You know what I like to do on a Sunday morning? Clean my house. I really enjoy it; it's my ritual. I require tidiness, actually. I have to have everything spotless before I can relax.

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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.

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My mother said I was a star when I was about four years old. That's all I need.

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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.

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I've never gone to acting school and I never will, so I'm learning about the business from the people who are in the business. It doesn't seem like I work at all. And the unknown is always exciting.

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I can be intolerably jealous and I think that's what's driven me. My ambition knows no end.

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

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Going after a part in Hollywood is like being a gladiator in ancient Rome. When it comes down to getting a role, you don't have any friends, you're incredibly competitive and any actor who tells you different is lying.

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

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I actually live very, very simply.

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Nobody's perfect. And if you think they are, you're sadly mistaken.

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

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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.

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