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

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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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.

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...

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 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...

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.

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....

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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....