I like the fact that we're stripping the icons away. They're the WikiLeaks for the age that we're revealing, with the transparency of the characters. We're unearthing the truth beyond or underneath the myth. I love that aspect. — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I think academics are infuriating. For every expert on Shakespeare there is another one to cancel his theory out. It drives you up the wall. I think the greatest form of finding out the truth is through fantasy. — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
What I love about my work is that I'm forced to look through my character's eyes. — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Pretty much all films I've seen that depict the life of Christ end with the Crucifixion, almost like the filmmakers don't know what to… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I guess there's nothing I don't like about Merlin, in this presentation. I love everything, even the things I find despicable and abhorrent in… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
People call my family a dynasty, but I'm not sure what a dynasty actually is. And I don't feel part of one. It belies… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
When you wake up, and you see that America has pulled out of the climate deal in Paris, that sends huge messages about putting… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I want my daughters to live in a world where there is equality and parity of pay. — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
What I don't find compelling is doing classical plays that everyone already knows - and people are following with the text in their hand… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I was baptised a Catholic and, although I'm not a churchgoer now, I do have a strong sense of the integrity of doing what… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work. — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Youth is a predominant factor. We are seeing a young King Arthur, and thereby a young-ish - as I'm into my 40s - Merlin.… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I was thrust, excitingly, via 'Elizabeth' and 'Shakespeare in Love,' into a position one can only dream of, but it was startling, too. I… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
