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" I got paid 20 grand for my first film. And that's the lowest I ever got paid. "
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Paid
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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 completely believe that I will produce my best work and my best work will come in my thirties. "
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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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" 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. "
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" As a kid, I spent an awful lot of time pretending I was somebody else. I think growing up in the 1980s wasn't very exciting so you kind of create this secret life of an alternate person. You pretend to be whatever you need to be that day, so you live in that dream world. "
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" I like being 30. I wouldn't want to do the twenties again. They are their own entity. "
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" 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. "
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" No one picked on me for my lunch money. Probably because it was the 1980s and no one had lunch money. "
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" 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. "
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