I got to read some writings by serial killers, and they got inside my head. They were quite disturbing. I read disturbing stuff about that very detached way of manipulating people to do things.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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....

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.

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...

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...