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Joseph Fiennes
British
Actor
Born:
May 27
,
1970
Character
Love
People
Think
Work
You
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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
Truth
You
Truth Is
Every
Think
Out
Finding
Shakespeare
Through
Drives
Academics
Another
Greatest
His
Up
Wall
Cancel
Form
Expert
Infuriating
Fantasy
Theory
It all felt like a terribly long time. It would have meant that I had to make five movies in five years and if you don't like the movies, too bad. I guess I just wanted my freedom, and I think my life has been incredibly enhanced as a result.
Joseph Fiennes
Life
Time
Freedom
You
Result
My Life
Long
Long Time
Think
Too
Incredibly
Guess
Has-Been
Bad
Would
Had
Like
Make
Terribly
Felt
Been
Years
Five
Just
Wanted
Movies
Meant
Enhanced
The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.
Joseph Fiennes
Great
Character
You
World
Films
About
Supposed
Great Thing
Access
Experts
Skills
Teach
Your
Who
Whole
Thing
If you want to make idols accessible - which I think Shakespeare should be - then you have to bring a human touch, make it self-effacing and warm.
Joseph Fiennes
You
Think
Touch
Shakespeare
Make
Accessible
Idols
Human
Want
Which
Warm
Then
Should
Bring
What I don't find compelling is doing classical plays that everyone already knows - and people are following with the text in their hand because no one is listening.
Joseph Fiennes
People
Listening
Everyone
Find
Classical
Following
No-One
Knows
Because
Doing
Hand
Text
Compelling
Plays
When you wake up, and you see that America has pulled out of the climate deal in Paris, that sends huge messages about putting coal before the planet.
Joseph Fiennes
You
Wake Up
Before
Out
See
About
Paris
Putting
Messages
Deal
Climate
Wake
Huge
Up
America
Sends
Planet
Coal
Pulled
I want my daughters to live in a world where there is equality and parity of pay.
Joseph Fiennes
Equality
World
Pay
Live
Parity
Daughters
Where
Want
I love travelling. I love cultures.
Joseph Fiennes
Love
Cultures
Travelling
What I love about my work is that I'm forced to look through my character's eyes.
Joseph Fiennes
Work
Love
Character
Eyes
About
Through
Look
Forced
The idea that I had a bohemian childhood is laughable.
Joseph Fiennes
Laughable
Had
Idea
Childhood
Bohemian
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 the truth of my real upbringing, which wasn't grand at all, and it flies in the face of the fact that, at root, I'm just a jobbing actor.
Joseph Fiennes
Truth
Family
People
Face
Fact
Part
Feel
Call
Sure
Real
Upbringing
Just
Grand
Which
Dynasty
Root
Flies
Actor
Actually
I never went into acting to do film. I went into it to do theatre - classical roles.
Joseph Fiennes
Theatre
Classical
Never
Roles
Acting
Film
There is more meat and mileage in complex characters, like 'Running with Scissors.'
Joseph Fiennes
Complex
Characters
Running
More
Like
Scissors
Mileage
Meat
I was thrust, excitingly, via 'Elizabeth' and 'Shakespeare in Love,' into a position one can only dream of, but it was startling, too. I was offered a multitude of roles riding horses in flouncy shirts, and I just thought, 'Hang on, I've just done that. What next?'
Joseph Fiennes
Love
Thought
Too
Dream
Shakespeare
Only
Horses
Thrust
Shirts
Offered
Roles
Via
Hang
Done
Just
Next
Riding
Multitude
Elizabeth
Position
Startling
I may seem to have worn a lot of tights in films, but actually, those are just the films that have been most visible or worked best. I have worn jeans a lot, too, but those ones haven't tended to work so well.
Joseph Fiennes
Work
Best
Films
Too
Worn
Visible
Those
Seem
Most
Well
Tights
Been
Lot
May
Just
Worked
Jeans
Actually
At home, our parents never compared us. I mean, there were seven of us kids. Obviously, I always looked up to my brother and his work, and I have nothing but utter respect. But I never felt we were in competition.
Joseph Fiennes
Work
Home
Respect
Competition
Parents
Nothing
Our
Seven
Kids
Brother
Never
Looked
Obviously
Felt
Always
Were
His
Up
Mean
Us
Compared
Utter
Doubt is crucial, I think, in every character I have ever played.
Joseph Fiennes
Character
Doubt
Every
Think
Crucial
Ever
Played
I meet people in my business who have this extraordinary ability to understand human nature in their work, but in real life, they don't seem to have the first clue.
Joseph Fiennes
Life
Work
Nature
Business
People
First
Real Life
Human Nature
Extraordinary
Meet
Ability
Seem
Understand
Real
Human
Clue
Who
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