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" 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. "

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I actually live very, very simply. "

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

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" When little kids come up to me, I'm a fully-grown adult, and that's always weird to me. "

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" I got paid 20 grand for my first film. And that's the lowest I ever got paid. "

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