Jonathan Rhys Meyers Quotes

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.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: July 27, 1977

Topics

TimeSchoolPeopleMeYouEarly

The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly.

Jeremy Renner

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Even when I was a hip-hop DJ I always kept it classy. The motto is always 'flashy but classy.' You've got to be original and stand out from the crowd and take some chances. But you've always got to keep it classy.

Mayer Hawthorne

MottoStandDJYouClassyHip-Hop

Yes, I do sew. I started when I was around 8 or 9 and have been doing it off and on since then.

Ann Packer

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I want to be a machine.

Andy Warhol

WantMachine

It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.

Townsend Harris

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You're torn between wanting to fill in all the spaces and knowing that's really going to screw up the screenplay. And yet, how are you going to communicate it to people who really don't understand the process?

Robert Towne

PeopleProcessYouUnderstandUp

I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.

Ron White

MoreAlwaysStageGotFoundCloser

My musical influences are from the '50s: Bill Evans, Miles Davis and Ahmad Jamal.

Michael Moriarty

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I started acting when I was really young. I knew I wanted to be in the industry in other ways. I knew that I wanted to do more than just act. I don't know that I knew it was screenwriting, but I just knew that I wanted to be involved.

Jason Fuchs

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I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world.

Dorothy Hamill

AloneGreatMeWorldLovedNobody

No one should be forced to violate one's conscience, nor should anyone be forced out of service of the common good because there are some things their conscience tells them they cannot do.

Donald Wuerl

GoodServiceConscienceOutThings

Bachelor parties are for the married guys.

Chrissy Teigen

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