There's a challenge to playing these fantasy figures because they are fantasy figures. You have to enter into this sort of imaginative world of the writer.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do.

I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do.

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need...

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need...

When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got...

When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got...

I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and...

I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and...

Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.

Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.

I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were...

I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were...

I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.

I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.

You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.

You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.

I can't go and shoot people in the back of the head because It's a...

I can't go and shoot people in the back of the head because It's a...

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked...

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked...

You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.

You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.

We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.

We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.

Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender....

Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender....

You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.

You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.

I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push...

I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push...

One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of...

One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of...

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

It was just two energies between two people, you can't prescribe that.

It was just two energies between two people, you can't prescribe that.

In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for...

In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for...