Joseph Fiennes Quotes & Sayings

“I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge.”

“I've got a vendetta to destroy the Net, to make everyone go to the library. I love the organic thing of pen and paper, ink on canvas. I love going down to the library, the feel and smell of books.”

“I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work.”

“I think everything I do is my early work. I can't wait to get on to the later stuff.”

“I fall in love with contradictions without understanding. I can't really portray them unless I do. So in a roundabout way I have to fall in love, it's my duty. If love is about understanding and understanding is compassion and compassion is love, I have to have compassion towards the world.”

“From the age of about five to twelve I was very bad, a hideous little terror who beat people up. I was a member of the Rough Gang - we went around and terrorized all the pupils in school.”

“There are always going to be times when it doesn't flow as much as you were hoping. So of course I'm going to fail. And when I do fail I hope I fail better and better, again and again. I am happy to fail.”

“Give me a sword fight any day.”

“But it's a strange thing when people judge you because you're not doing some big Hollywood film. Are you suggesting I should be in 'The Dukes of Hazzard?' I mean, hello?”

“You know what? Joy is the only guide. I'm going to have fun regardless.”