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
equal parts
There are two equal parts to this movie,
activity confined few field idealistic outside trips unicef work
Any idealistic activity outside of my work is something confined to a few field trips with UNICEF in Uganda,
detective journey playing traces
Justin's journey traces not only what Tessa was investigating, he's also playing detective about their relationship,
british-actor second shoot
There's only one day to shoot one scene, you don't get a second chance. You've got to say, This is what I feel. Could I try this?
center chance complexity drawn flood hate says suppose
he says at the end of a flood of interviews. ''I hate this word. I don't see them as tortured. I see them as people. I suppose I'm drawn to the chance to show the complexity at the center of the drama.
marketing people talking
But that's why we have marketing and why I'm talking to people like you,
brings cloth sort unlike
It's the sort of part, not unlike Hamlet, maybe, where the actor brings their cloth to it.
areas british-actor coming degree poverty ready rich shocked
When you go to areas that have poverty of that level, you're ready to feel shocked and some degree of shame, coming in as a rich westerner.
weight fit heavy
I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
simple theatre speech
In Shakespeare, keep it simple. Don't over-inflect. The speech needs to be naturalistic and simple and accessible as much as possible.
research scene
I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes. I got my scene and I read it many, many, many, many, many times. That was my research.
kenya film infrastructure
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.
unexpected process situation
Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.
humanitarian impulse wells
There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.