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

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

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 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....

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

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

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...

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...

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 certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

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 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.

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...

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....

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.