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" If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval. "
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Myself
I Am
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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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" 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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" I like reading, going to the gym, hanging out with my family. That's it. "
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" 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. "
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" I take care of myself so I don't feel insecure about my body. "
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" Celebrity has lost its value - all you have to do is go on a reality TV show for six weeks and everybody knows your name. "
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" 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. "
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" The hardest part about acting is realizing it doesn't matter. "
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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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" Nobody's perfect. And if you think they are, you're sadly mistaken. "
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" I'm a workaholic. I also go to the gym a lot - it's my new thing. Yes, I am a compulsive person. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story. "
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" You go through your 20s sort of like a chrysalis in many ways, stretching into your own skin and trying to bust out of a cocoon. "
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" If another actor gets a good role, I'm furious. "
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