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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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...

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

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

I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up. It...

I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up. It...

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

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...

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 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....

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...