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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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....

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.

Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.

Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.

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...

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

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...

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....

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....