Ralph Fiennes Quotes

I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit.

I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting.

'Dark Knight' shot in London and Chicago, and we were on that for so long.

Usually, you can shoot a movie in 10 or 12 weeks.

I do like the whole idea of going to a location to shoot a movie, and there is a start date and a finish date, and a lot of special things happen within those weeks.

When you're making a bigger movie, you have much bigger set pieces that require more time and more effort and more people.

I grew up loving films and making stupid movies with a good friend of mine, who now actually has a career in a really prominent special effects house, so he's still doing it. We just started messing around with a camera.

I think any filmmaker looks back and thinks, 'Boy, if we only had four hours more on that day when the sun was going down,' or, 'If we only spent more time and went back.'

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

'Fast & Furious' is a well-oiled machine. Those guys really know what they're doing. The guys that work behind the scenes are just as important as the ones in front of the cameras. They are car enthusiasts. They live and breathe this world.

Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor.

I find myself really privileged to be able to go in and look at a set that the likes of Hollywood can provide, and say, 'My God, look at the craftsmanship in this; look at the ambition in it, the scale of it.'

Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days.

I had the greatest time of my life making 'Saw 3.' More fun than '2' for sure.

I'd have to say the whole experience in making The Neverending Story. I had an incredible time.

I like working on big budget films.

I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work.

To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.

The irony is that you can't use real rain to make movies.

The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.

'She's Gotta Have It' was shot in twelve days and two six-day weeks.

With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.

'Little Princess' was the first big movie that I did in America with big stages where we had kind of a different schedule to work. We had a great production designer, Bo Welch, and we had time to think about the movie in pre-production.

I remember my first taste of American big movies was 'Ghost Rider.' I'm in two little scenes. But for those two little scenes they had 400 extras, upside-down stunt cars, and a fire brigade.