Matthew Rhys | Brothers & Sisters
Age: 33
TV alter ego: Kevin, the openly gay brother on Brothers and Sisters
All-time favorite shows: “The A-Team and The Dukes of Hazzard. I’d come in after playing soccer all day, and those shows would be on—they were slightly halcyon days. You look back and say, ‘Oh, those were great times, so the shows must have been great, too.’ I wonder if I watched them now whether I’d be like, ‘Oh, they’re shit.’ ”
All shook up: “Elvis was where it all began. I played him in a school production and fell in love with acting. Every cliché an actor trots out is true: The girls love it, you’re being lauded, it’s a complete ego stroke. And I just thought, Imagine making a living doing this.”
You like me, you really fucking like me: “When things go wrong, Sally Field lets rip with a good curse word. Everyone’s like, ‘Wow! Sally Field swears!’ Sure, all the rest of us do, too, but we’re not the Flying Nun or Gidget, so it doesn’t have the same impact.”
Torture test: “If I were to choose a subject that interested me least, it would be clothes. What I love about L.A. weather is that I can put on shorts, flip flops, and T-shirts most of the year, and I’m happy. That’s my uniform. If I have to go into a clothing store, I start to weep. That’s my idea of hell—shopping.”
Matthew wears: Dolce & Gabbana jacket, $1,875, shirt, $475, andtie, $195.
