Quotes by Ralph Fiennes

52 quotes by Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes - british Actor

Also called: Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes.

Was born on 22 dec 1962.

A Merchant Ivory film, It's quite hard to finance this...

A Merchant Ivory film, It's quite hard to finance this kind of film, so there's a sort of pressure to move through the day and get it done.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about film, day

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want...

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 bit that wants to run away.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about actors

For most of the film I wore good-looking dentures but then he had developed this whole weird thing of putting in his grandmother's teeth which he wears to murder people and bites them.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about film, things, good, good luck, people

Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great...

Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about patience, quality, good, good luck

He would enjoy people weeping and crying and begging for their lives before he killed them or strangled them. He would get aroused and ejaculate while he was killing him. It's very upsetting.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about nation, people

I admire the world of the books and the characters that...

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about books, world

I can't go and shoot people in the back of the head because It's a kids' movie, which is actually quite a good test because you haven't got the overt threat of a knife in the face.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about tests, haven, heads, good, good luck, people, face

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about rightness

I did what I could to move the muscles in my back so the...

I did what I could to move the muscles in my back so the tattoo could sort of stretch out. I always wished I had more muscles that could crinkle up.

I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using...

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

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about actors, power

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just...

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about career, work

I got to read some writings by serial killers, and they got inside my head. They were quite disturbing. I read disturbing stuff about that very detached way of manipulating people to do things.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about heads, things, people

I had to really be clear about what having a cleft palette does and if you had it badly fixed, you would have your hard palette brought together but would have no teeth.

I hadn't done many magical, fantastical children's films. When I saw pictures they drew, the look, that's when I really took the bait. I couldn't describe it. It's really cool.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about children

I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up....

I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up. It would be odd not to have ideas about something.

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.

I think a bit of me on the Harry Potter set is like a kid...

I think a bit of me on the Harry Potter set is like a kid sort of entering into the fantasy set when You're young.

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just...

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about need

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