Ralph Fiennes movie quotes

“- Sir August de Winter: A man with an umbrella is a man praying for rain.
- John Steed: And a man without one is a fool.”
Sir Sean Connery - Sir August de Wynter
Ralph Fiennes - John Steed

“- Almásy: When were you most happy?
- Katharine Clifton: Now.
- Almásy: And when were you least happy?
- Katharine Clifton: Now.”
Ralph Fiennes - Almásy
Kristin A. Scott Thomas - Katharine Clifton

“- Strickland: You're a disappointment, Nero. But you know what disappoints me more?
- Lenny Nero: Your sex life?”
Josef Sommer - Palmer Strickland
Ralph Fiennes - Lenny Nero

“I've stood on the shoulders of life and I've never gotten down into the dirt to build, to erect a foundation of my own. I've flown too high on borrowed wings. Everything came too easy.”
Ralph Fiennes - Charles Van Doren

- Almásy: Let me tell you about winds. There is a, a whirlwind from southern Morrocco, the aajej, against which the fellahin defend themselves with knives. And there is the... the ghibli, from Tunis...
- Katharine Clifton: The "ghibli"?
- Almásy: The ghibli, which rolls and rolls and rolls and produces a... a rather strange nervous condition.... (continue)(continue reading)
Ralph Fiennes - Almásy
Kristin A. Scott Thomas - Katharine Clifton

“The truth, Helen, is always the right answer.”
Ralph Fiennes - Amon Goeth

“- Lenny: Have you ever been in love with someone who didn't return that love?
- Mace: Yeah, Lenny, I have.
- Lenny: It didn't stop you from loving them, right? Or being able to understand them or forgive them?
- Mace: I guess.”
Ralph Fiennes - Lenny Nero
Angela Bassett - Lornette 'Mace' Mason

“- Mark Van Doren: Charlie, from what I understand, it's just a bunch of frauds showing off an erudition they really didn't have. All you have to do is...
- Charles Van Doren: The problem is, Dad, that it seems I was one of those frauds.”
Paul Scofield - Mark Van Doren
Ralph Fiennes - Charles Van Doren