As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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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 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...

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and...

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and...

Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.

Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.

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...

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

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...

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go...

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go...

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.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

I was grateful to have two weeks to shoot this one scene in Harry Potter....

I was grateful to have two weeks to shoot this one scene in Harry Potter....

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....

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much...

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much...

In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third...

In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third...

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.

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm...

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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