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John Rhys-Davies Biography

Actor

John Rhys-Davies, born on May 5, 1944, is a Welsh actor renowned for his performances in films and television. He is best known for his roles in the 'Indiana Jones' series and 'Game of Thrones'.

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“I think 'The Lost World' could've been a successful movie except for the fact that it pre-dated the good special effects and computer graphics.”

Thinking World Facts Lost Successful Special Effects Computer Special Effects Computer Graphics

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“Villains are a lot of fun. My villains have a lot of tongue-in-cheek. They are sometimes conscious of and a little bit gleeful of their villainy.”

Littles Sometimes Fun Bits Little Bit Conscious Tongue Villain Cheeks Villainy Tongue In Cheek

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“I enjoy acting. It's not that I begin to think I'm getting better. I now fully know that I've made no improvement whatsoever since I was 20. I can live with it.”

Thinking Knows Made I Can Enjoy Acting Improvement Get Better

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win - preferably a knight rather than a king or queen.”

Sometimes Games Winning Pieces Sacrifice Kings Chess Queens Knights Chess Pieces

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“The script of 'Shogun' was so tight that you could not take a word out of a sentence, you could not take a sentence out of a scene, and you certainly couldn't take out a scene without putting ripples right through the back or the front of the overall story.”

Stories Fronts Scene Scripts Sentences Ripple Shoguns

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi.”

Fiction Clear Let Me Science Fiction Sci Fi Diction

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“Many do not understand how precarious Western civilization is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From it, we get the sort of intellectual tolerance that allows me to propound something that may be completely alien to you.”

May Real Joy Democracy Civilization Intellectual Western Tolerance Aliens Get Real Western Civilization Precarious

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“The word 'career' and 'actor' really don't fit in the same paragraph, let alone sentence. There is no career structure for actors.”

Actors Careers Fit Structure Sentences Paragraph One Sentence

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.”

Want Hero

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us.”

People World Real Film Sacrifice Willing Hero Cost Real World Heroism

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“Sometimes you learn more from films that aren't terribly successful and, indeed, sometimes you learn more from real disasters than you do from the ones that succeed.”

Real Sometimes Film Successful Succeed Disaster

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“Hollywood is a far safer place to work than working abroad, because of the skill level, and because of the safety considerations that experience and unionization have created.”

Levels Skills Hollywood Safety Consideration

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“To be an actor for 30-odd years trying to become recognized, and to end up playing a full prosthetic and a character 3 foot 9′, or something like that, is... well, it just shows that you can get actors to do anything.”

Trying Years Wells Ends Character Shows Actors Feet Odd Prosthetics

Author:John Rhys-Davies

“Id love to spend more time on the Isle of Man. I love the anonymity of putting on a boiler suit and going down to buy parts for the compressor. And Norman Wisdoms a neighbour; I salute him occasionally.”

Men Suits More Time Neighbour Anonymity Salute Isle Boiler

Author:John Rhys-Davies

About the Author

Born: May 5, 1944
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 14

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