I learned a lot about acting - watching not just myself but other actors and learning how to distinguish between two great… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage.… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
In Shakespeare, keep it simple. Don't over-inflect. The speech needs to be naturalistic and simple and accessible as much as possible. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
When theater becomes a soothing middle-class thing, when it's packaged as the Night Out, then that's the death of it. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Having gone through editing process, I can see that in actor's faces there's point where they're not managing their performance and that's,… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
The actor shouldn't edit themselves or be anxious. And the actors that I admire are always the ones who are inventive and… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Actors use who they are to be someone else, but I would hate to ever think I'm playing myself. It's imagining being… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the spirits of people. In the theatre, there's the acting part of acting - and I'm not saying that… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Performance is made in the editing room, and I've come to see the truth in that - the idea that they say… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I should say, a piece of advice that was given to me very early on by the principle of RADA (Royal Academy… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I think I feel more like you're an actor for hire and you take the jobs you want to take, obviously, and some pay… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share
Having gone through editing process, I can see that in actor's faces there's point where they're not managing their performance and that's, I think,… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share
Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share
When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to something like… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share
The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share
Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put on a… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share
There is a tension in relationships between wanting to return to the womb, but also wanting to be free. Because sometimes the woman's attentions… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share
I'm interested in the spirits of people. In the theatre, there's the acting part of acting - and I'm not saying that can't be… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share
Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share
I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share
