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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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.

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...

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

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 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...

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...

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.

Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.

Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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 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 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 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 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 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....

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.

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...