In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes out of the more commercial system.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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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....

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 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...

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.

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

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

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 couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much...

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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....

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

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

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 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....

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

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...