Ioan Gruffudd Quotes

Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.
And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!
As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.
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.
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.
Having kids, you can't function with a hangover.
I could do an American accent, if I were immersed in the accent, meaning if I were living back in Los Angeles and rehearsing and auditioning the whole time.
I defy any British actor to deny they've not stood in front of the mirror and said: 'Bond, James Bond.'
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.
I grew up in Aberdare and some of the nicest beaches close by were at Tenby and Saundersfoot.
I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater. We get to put on costumes and play a lot of period dramas or plays so we're exposed to it a little bit more I think because of our theatrical background.
I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.
I know what it's like when the phone doesn't ring. It's the loneliest feeling in the world.
I learned certain exercises to help me cope, to get myself in tip-top mental shape to deal with auditions and rejection.
I love doing kids' films.
I think therapy should be part of everyone's preventative medicine.
I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just who I am.
I'm grateful for all the experiences, even the negative ones.
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