Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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

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

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

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...

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 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...

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 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....

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...