Ralph Fiennes Quotes

A collection of quotes by Ralph Fiennes.

Ralph Fiennes is a British actor, filmmaker, and director, born on December 22, 1962, in Suffolk, England. He gained international acclaim for his charismatic and versatile performances across stage and screen. Fiennes attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and started his career in theater before making his breakthrough in film.

Fiennes rose to prominence with his portrayal of the terrifying Nazi officer Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's epic historical drama, Schindler's List (1993). This role earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, launching him into Hollywood stardom. He further solidified his reputation as a leading actor with memorable performances in movies like The English Patient (1996), for which he received another Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, The Constant Gardener (2005), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).

Aside from his acting career, Fiennes has also demonstrated his talent behind the camera. He made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed film, Coriolanus (2011), in which he also starred as the titular character. Fiennes has continued to direct and act in a variety of projects, displaying a wide range of skills and an unwavering dedication to his craft.

Ralph Fiennes is regarded as one of the most accomplished and respected actors of his generation, known for his chameleon-like ability to disappear into his characters. He has left an indelible mark on the world of film and remains a prominent figure in the British entertainment industry.

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationsh

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

Ralph Fiennes


I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using wha

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

Ralph Fiennes

Power

Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I

Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.

Ralph Fiennes

Experience

One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sens

One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor.

Ralph Fiennes

Family

If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they d

If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don't have much of a breadth on education, of knowledge of understanding what the real issues are and therefore they listen to pundits on television who tell them what they are supposed to think and they keep repeating that until pretty soon they say, 'Oh, well that must be true.'

Benjamin Carson

Beauty

Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father w

Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.

Ralph Fiennes

Movies

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

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

Ralph Fiennes

Patience

He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally d

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.

Ralph Fiennes

Power