Ioan Gruffudd

I'm so renowned for 'Fantastic Four.'

— Ioan Gruffudd

I love doing kids' films.

— Ioan Gruffudd

Liar' is the best work I've done.

— Ioan Gruffudd

Having kids, you can't function with a hangover.

— Ioan Gruffudd

I know what it's like when the phone doesn't ring. It's the loneliest feeling in the world.

— Ioan Gruffudd

Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skills.

— Ioan Gruffudd

I've looked at myself on screen and thought, 'Oh, that's what I look like, I'm not 26 any more.'

— Ioan Gruffudd

I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.

— Ioan Gruffudd

I'm not getting younger, so there's a commitment to the cause that one has to make

— Ioan Gruffudd

And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!

— Ioan Gruffudd

When you're younger, you're going to be cast as the heroic, earnest leading man.

— Ioan Gruffudd

It would take me 10 lifetimes to achieve even half of what Wilberforce achieved.

— Ioan Gruffudd

A few people have said that I should change my name and the spelling so that people can say it, but I…

— Ioan Gruffudd

As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just…

— Ioan Gruffudd

Television is what we're all very attracted to because that's where the best writing and the best characters are.

— Ioan Gruffudd

As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.

— Ioan Gruffudd

There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.

— Ioan Gruffudd

Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a…

— Ioan Gruffudd

It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use…

— Ioan Gruffudd

That's one of the things we love about being an actor. We get to change things up all the time to remain…

— Ioan Gruffudd

On a trip to Cabo San Lucas, I was obsessed with Donna Tartt's 'The Secret History.' We were staying at the Esperanza…

— Ioan Gruffudd

It's really an organic sort of process. You start off with the character on the page. You fall in love with that…

— Ioan Gruffudd

I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in…

— Ioan Gruffudd

I'm really enjoying living in Los Angeles. It's a great city to live in. I'm living a very suburban domesticated lifestyle out…

— Ioan Gruffudd

People in America and Hollywood are very good at pronouncing my name, to begin with. Socially, they're very adept at listening to…

— Ioan Gruffudd

I'm grateful for all the experiences, even the negative ones.

— Ioan Gruffudd

The attention to detail on 'Titanic' was extraordinary.

— Ioan Gruffudd

You're always going to be more judgmental about your own performance than anyone else.

— Ioan Gruffudd

I grew up in Aberdare and some of the nicest beaches close by were at Tenby and Saundersfoot.

— Ioan Gruffudd

Speed I like. I do love driving and I've had a couple of those experiences where you go to a track and…

— Ioan Gruffudd

Los Angeles gets a very bad rap, the perception, especially by us Brits, is 'Oh, it's so fake,' but it's the antithesis!

— Ioan Gruffudd

Had you met me when I was 18 I was very, very patriotic almost to the point of sounding a little bit…

— Ioan Gruffudd

I didn't work for more than two years. I sat on the couch and waited for work to come in. I got…

— Ioan Gruffudd

I could do an American accent, if I were immersed in the accent, meaning if I were living back in Los Angeles…

— Ioan Gruffudd

I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing…

— Ioan Gruffudd

I learned certain exercises to help me cope, to get myself in tip-top mental shape to deal with auditions and rejection.

— Ioan Gruffudd

I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just…

— Ioan Gruffudd

Often in my game as an actor, someone else pays for your travel and there's nothing like being able to lie flat…

— Ioan Gruffudd

I defy any British actor to deny they've not stood in front of the mirror and said: 'Bond, James Bond.'

— Ioan Gruffudd

There's truth and then there's fiction - I think truth does exist and you can present it.

— Ioan Gruffudd