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

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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 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 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...

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

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...

My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is...

My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is...

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one...

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...