'How do you balance the creative with the biblical?' One could pick up the scripture and read it to oneself and you would be communing directly with …

- Joseph Fiennes

It takes years to establish yourself, and then you have one big film and everyone calls you an overnight success. You think, 'Christ, I've been sweat…

- Joseph Fiennes

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

- Joseph Fiennes

Whether you're a believer or not, I think there's a huge value in understanding the quality of redemption.

- Joseph Fiennes

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

- Joseph Fiennes

I think all experience is, in some way, shape or form, filtered down to help you, in your present moment. With Shakespeare, you're trying to act with…

- Joseph Fiennes

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 …

- Joseph Fiennes

When I was offered the part in Shakespeare In Love a voice in my head said 'not another tights role!

- Joseph Fiennes

I guess there's nothing I don't like about Merlin, in this presentation. I love everything, even the things I find despicable and abhorrent in Merlin…

- Joseph Fiennes