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

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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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.

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...

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 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 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 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...

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 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...

There's a challenge to playing these fantasy figures because they are fantasy figures. You have...

There's a challenge to playing these fantasy figures because they are fantasy figures. You have...

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...

There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming.

There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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'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.

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 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 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...