174 Quotes by Ralph Fiennes

The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can’t eat.

I loved doing Harry Potter. I had a great time on that. And I think it’s good to have a mix. I think you’re learning all the time.

Kenya doesn’t have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film of this scale. Our producer decided that for the film to really work it had to be in Kenya.

I don’t feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push their beliefs, unless they’re extremely well informed.

There are those moments when you shake someone’s hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment.

You have to just dive over the edge. You haven’t got time to mess about.

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

In Shakespeare, keep it simple. Don’t over-inflect. The speech needs to be naturalistic and simple and accessible as much as possible.

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