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I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
Ralph Fiennes
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Ralph Fiennes
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: December 22
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Ipswich (parish)
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes
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I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that.
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