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

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…

— Rupert Penry-Jones

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

— 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;…

— 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…

— Rupert Penry-Jones

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

— Rupert Penry-Jones

I pay our nanny more than I'm earning.

— Rupert Penry-Jones

My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say…

— 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…

— Rupert Penry-Jones

You just worry that your time is up. It's not that people suddenly go, 'Oh, actually they're not very good any more,'…

— Rupert Penry-Jones

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

— Rupert Penry-Jones

Friday is my night for letting my hair down, and once a month a group of my old male friends will come…

— 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'm worried about losing my hair. I think if I lost my hair, I'd lose a lot of parts. And I don't…

— Rupert Penry-Jones

I pay our nanny more than Im earning.

— Rupert Penry-Jones

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Rupert Penry-Jones

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

— Rupert Penry-Jones