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Top 10 John Rhys-Davies Quotes (2025 Update)

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “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.”

1. “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.”

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “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.”

2. “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.”

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “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.”

3. “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.”

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “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.”

4. “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.”

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “Actually, I’m addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear – I love sci-fi.”

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

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “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.”

6. “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.”

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “The word ‘career’ and ‘actor’ really don’t fit in the same paragraph, let alone sentence. There is no career structure for actors.”

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

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “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.”

8. “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.”

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.”

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

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “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.”

10. “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.”

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “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.”

11. “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.”

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “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.”

12. “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.”

— John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

— John Rhys-Davies

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