Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennesis an English actor. A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 December 1962
CityIpswich, England
book character addiction
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.
humanitarian impulse wells
There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
villain feels
I don't feel I'm playing villains all the time.
empathy devil alive
He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
beautiful people kilimanjaro
I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there.
patterns habit very-good
I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
want return attention
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 can be overly maternal, and you want to go, 'Ahhhh!'
writing people serial-killer
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.
character trying acting
So much of movie acting is in the lighting. And in loving your characters. I try to know them, and with that intimacy comes love. And now, I love Voldemort.
evil distillation meant-to-be
You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.
children want stability
Unicef wants to encourage a sense of stability for a child.
awards actors likes
Awards are like applause, and every actor likes to hear applause.
keys essence people
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 great - and there's the essence. To explore that essence, you need a key, a look, a gesture, an insight that unlocks the person's soul.
potters brilliant fantastic
The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second.