Explore Quotes by Jonathan Rhys Meyers

I want to do really good things with my life.

I think everybody's got a malicious side.

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.

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.

I actually live very, very simply.

The hardest part about acting is realizing it doesn't matter.

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

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.

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.

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 always think there will be that time that people will find out that I'm crap at what I do.

I find actors who play nasty guys in movies are the nicest guys in real life, and the opposite then goes for heroes.

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

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

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

A lot of my success is because of what I look like. I know that.

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.