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乔纳森莱斯迈勒斯席卷好莱坞爱尔兰之风 　　如果看过《赛末点》（Match Point），你应该会记得他的脸。如果看过《八月迷情》（August Rush），你已经听过他的歌声。即使没看《都铎王朝》（The Tudors），但自从《黄石的孩子》（The Children of Huang Shi）上映之后，你大概也听过他的名字―― 　　 　　It’s good to be Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The young actor has hit his stride[开始有效地做好工作] these days. 　　Showtime’s well-received drama The Tudors returned for a second season at the end of March, and his role of Henry VIII has caught everyone’s attention, again. 　　I met him in Manhattan’s Soho. It was a rainy day, but he looked like a page from men’s Vogue. And this handsome young man surely has the look of a Golden Globe winner, the Versace men’s collection and the new face of Hugo. 　　However, seeing Rhys Meyers today, one can hardly relate him to the Irish baby who was born with a serious heart problem and spent the first few months in the hospital; or the little boy whose parents separated when he was just three; or the teenager who was expelled[开除] from school and, if not encouraged by those casting agents, might never have pursued a career in acting. 　　 　　Question: It seems that you don’t talk about acting with a sense of vocation. So what do you think of it? 　　Rhys Meyers: I started acting at 18 because I got a lead role. I wasn’t a kid going, “When I grow up, I want to be an actor.” So I think what drives me is I found something that I could really do by chance. 　　The process of acting itself is simple. What makes acting difficult is…no matter how genius an actor is or how many millions of dollars he makes, looking back in his past, he will see a sea of rejection[反对] ? even those who are at the top of their game. What’s difficult is trying to maintain your self-confidence, even though it’s constantly being torn down[推倒]. 　　 　　Q: Are you satisfied with your own works? 　　RM: I can’t watch a performance I’ve done. I got a Golden Globe for Elvis, but I’ve never seen it. Sure, it’s kind of satisfying when a film you’re in breaks $300 million at the box office and there are endless awards. But when som