In His Own Words 3

"When I see how the lives of human beings --our loves, 
our hates, our disappointments, our aspirations and 
ambitions--are portrayed and reinvented with intelligence 
and bravery and courage in the medium of film or in theatre, 
I find it thrilling"
(article source unknown, contributed by CtChocula)

"You put your energy, your thought, your imagination, your
spirit into something...It's all rooted in who you are. Your skin
is what you manipulate to create the illusion of being someone
else. And that costs you every time...It costs you yourself."

(About his fans) "I feel ambivalent,...I feel flattered...But I feel 
that if they really were a fan they would leave me alone and 
go home! I try to remember it can mean a lot to people, being
 moved or affected by a performance. They've gone on a journey; 
they believe they know you...And of course, they don't know you."

(When asked why he became an actor)"The glibbest answer 
would be that it's a form of escapism...I think that if you inhabit
 the world of a play, the world of a film, it's like a painter: you 
are creating a world."

"I'm drawn to..not what is dark--I'm interested in the flip side, 
the B-side of people...As an actor, your challenge is to get your 
mind around the psychology of another human being--and the
 bigger the polarity,the more dramatic that is." (and he wonders
 why we want to get our minds around his psyche?)

"He's this beautiful house, but there are a couple of rooms that 
are locked. You can't go in." Angela Bassett
(Not a Ralph Quote, but telling none the less and eloquent)

"I can be a secret when I want to be...I'm in the business of 
pretending...I'm only an illusionist."
Vanity Fair, November 1995, Leslie Bennetts

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