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Jonathan Rhys Meyers [1977-0] Irish

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Actor

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Velvet Goldmine, Mission Impossible III, Bend It Like Beckham, Match Point and his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis, which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor, and as King Henry VIII in the historical drama The Tudors.

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That's a funny thing, fame. People definitely do treat you differently. When you begin to be successful, people say, 'Don't go changing.' Well, that's easy to say, but the fact is, you don't change at all - other people do.	Change, Funny	101
As a kid, I spent an awful lot of time pretending I was somebody else. I think growing up in the 1980s wasn't very exciting so you kind of create this secret life of an alternate person. You pretend to be whatever you need to be that day, so you live in that dream world.		102
A lot of my success is because of what I look like. I know that.	Success	103
The hardest part about acting is realizing it doesn't matter.		104
I think everybody's got a malicious side.		105
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.	Morning	106
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.	Learning	107
If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.		108
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.		109
I'm a workaholic. I also go to the gym a lot - it's my new thing. Yes, I am a compulsive person.		110
I want to do really good things with my life.		111
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.		112
When little kids come up to me, I'm a fully-grown adult, and that's always weird to me.		113
You go through your 20s sort of like a chrysalis in many ways, stretching into your own skin and trying to bust out of a cocoon.		114
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.		115
I don't hang out with movie stars, and you won't see me going to many Hollywood parties. I'm actually quite boring.		116
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.		117
My mother said I was a star when I was about four years old. That's all I need.		118
I can be intolerably jealous and I think that's what's driven me. My ambition knows no end.		119
Nobody's perfect. And if you think they are, you're sadly mistaken.		120
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.		121
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.		122
My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.		123
I think all actors have addictive personalities.		124
Could I imagine myself as king? Of course I could.		125
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.		126
I got paid 20 grand for my first film. And that's the lowest I ever got paid.		201
I like being 30. I wouldn't want to do the twenties again. They are their own entity.		202
I completely believe that I will produce my best work and my best work will come in my thirties.		203
No one picked on me for my lunch money. Probably because it was the 1980s and no one had lunch money.		204
I didn't use a phone until I was 14.		205
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.		206
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.		207
If another actor gets a good role, I'm furious.		208
I take care of myself so I don't feel insecure about my body.		209
I like reading, going to the gym, hanging out with my family. That's it.		210
I actually live very, very simply.		211

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