You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.

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 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.

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

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

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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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....

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...

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.

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 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...

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.