Paul Rhys Quotes

More and more, acting involves a serious chunk of autobiography and often what we’re talking about is trauma. We long for these experiences in the theatre, for someone to be torn apart in front of us. We always have. Theatre’s at it’s best when it has that, but there are consequences to it.

Paul Rhys

• Acting
• Theatre
• Consequences

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• Like brown rice, black rice is unmilled, and it is the dark outer husk that makes it so nutty and chewy. It's also why it takes longer to cook than many other rices.

  

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• It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.

  

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• There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.

  

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• Out of your surplus, you can help your allies, and Israel is a great ally. And this is no particular animus of Israel, but what I will say, and I will say over and over again, we cannot give away money we don't have.

  

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• Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.

  

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• More and more, acting involves a serious chunk of autobiography and often what we’re talking about is trauma. We long for these experiences in the theatre, for someone to be torn apart in front of us. We always have. Theatre’s at it’s best when it has that, but there are consequences to it.

  

  Paul Rhys
  • Acting
  • Theatre
  • Consequences