Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyersis 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. He has been the face model for several Hugo Boss fragrances advertising campaigns...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth27 July 1977
CountryIreland
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.
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.
If another actor gets a good role, I'm furious.
I take care of myself so I don't feel insecure about my body.
No one picked on me for my lunch money. Probably because it was the 1980s and no one had lunch money.
My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.
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.
Could I imagine myself as king? Of course I could.
I want to do really good things with my life.
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.
When little kids come up to me, I'm a fully-grown adult, and that's always weird to me.
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'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.
The hardest part about acting is realizing it doesn't matter.