You can give the greatest performance possible, but if you don't have a director who's pointing the camera in the right direction and an editor who's editing it properly, it doesn't matter what you do. The director and the editor are the most important people. Not the actors. Sometimes the writer is important. But if you don't have a good director, you can't have a good production.
Jonathan Rhys MeyersI find actors who play nasty guys in movies are the nicest guys in real life, and the opposite then goes for heroes.
Jonathan Rhys MeyersCelebrity has lost its value - all you have to do is go on a reality TV show for six weeks and everybody knows your name.
Jonathan Rhys MeyersThere's not much of a difference shooting something for TV and shooting something for film; the difference is film is in a cinema and TV is in your home.
Jonathan Rhys MeyersWith a director it's all about the work; I'd work with a great director over - you know, I'm not the kind of actor who that doesn't go, 'I want to play this role.' It's more like, 'I want to work with this director,' regardless of what the role is because if it's a good director, you'll probably find a good role because it's a decent film. But a mediocre director will always make a mediocre movie.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers