In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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

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

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...

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

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 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 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....

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

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

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...

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.