I can't go and shoot people in the back of the head because It's a kids' movie, which is actually quite a good test because you haven't got the overt threat of a knife in the face.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.

I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.

Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go...

Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go...

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....

I got to read some writings by serial killers, and they got inside my head....

I got to read some writings by serial killers, and they got inside my head....

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

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

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.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

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 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.

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.

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

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...

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 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.

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 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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...