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" It's always nice to have people say you're good-looking. But I do get told I'm not right for parts because I'm too good-looking. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

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" I know one thing - if I didn't have TV and theatre and radio, the world would be a much more boring place. "

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" My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" What I really enjoy is when someone who I used to have a crush on, a female from my industry, comes up to me at a party and says, 'Oh, I've been dying to meet you. I've had such a crush on you.' "

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" To be able to play Jack Kerouac or Sal Paradise, it's mad to me. "

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" Friday is my night for letting my hair down, and once a month a group of my old male friends will come down and stay at our house in Hampshire. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" Being rejected is not nice, and it never gets any easier no matter where you are in your career. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" I get very few nasty letters. A few from people who disapprove of the fact that I'm getting naked on television yet again. I don't know why - I suppose they don't like the idea that I'm doing that while I'm married with children. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" The ability to suspend reality and go into a make-believe world can be really, really difficult if there's something really big going on. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" I always felt like acting was something I could just do if I wanted, which was wrong. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" I hate feeling full, so Christmas is about the only time I really stuff myself. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" I'm worried about losing my hair. I think if I lost my hair, I'd lose a lot of parts. And I don't want to get fat. I'm always worried about that. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" I've never boxed before in my life. I've had one day's training at a boxing gym, and it's an incredibly difficult sport. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" I did a bit of modeling before I took up acting, and I was up for this big campaign - I can't remember which designer - and all these execs were looking at my portfolio. Then one said: 'We'd like to use you, but can you come back next year when you've lost this.' And he tapped the underside of his chin. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" Working hard as an actor means you're doing what you want to do. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" I've always taken a lot of exercise - I get a bit depressed if I don't. In terms of food, I'm a bit of a grazer. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" I have two beautiful children, a wife who loves me very much and who I love - and my career is going well, too. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" I pay our nanny more than I'm earning. "

Rupert Penry-Jones

" Our pool is outdoors, but it's heated, and I've got one of those machines that produces waves you have to swim against; like a jogging treadmill, really, only it's in water. Basically, it means you can have a small pool, swim for miles, and get nowhere. "

Rupert Penry-Jones