The problem with motor neurone disease is they don’t know when it starts. People go into hospital having fallen but get wrapped up and sent away, unless they’re seen by an incredibly astute doctor. It is only when several things begin to go wrong that it’ll be diagnosed. – Eddie Redmayne
What an extraordinary thing it can be, love, how it will not defined by gender, by sexuality, by race, by religion, by anything. It’s something else. It’s something other. – Eddie Redmayne
I try genuinely, when I’m playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don’t blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings. – Eddie Redmayne
What is important is for me to do my best work on camera. The camera is inches away from you and sees every micromovement of every muscle of your eye. And if you’re not relaxed, the camera sees it. – Eddie Redmayne
Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks. – Eddie Redmayne
I’ve never been someone that was sort of blessed with an innate talent of just being able to do things. I had to work at it and learn from mistakes. – Eddie Redmayne
What I love about acting is trying things and screwing up, then trying again, all in this protected little bubble. That’s living the dream. – Eddie Redmayne
There is a certain amount of commerce in the film industry in as much as you have value, and for a moment, your value goes up, then it all disappears again. – Eddie Redmayne
I hope, then, that every one who sees ‘The Danish Girl’ might be galvanized themselves to lead more authentic lives. How much lovelier would the world be then? – Eddie Redmayne
Everything about filmmaking is incredibly weird, and there’s nothing natural about watching yourself on the big screen or hearing your voice. It’s that same thing that you feel when you watch yourself on a video camera and you hate the sound of your voice – it’s that times 800. – Eddie Redmayne
Making ‘Birdsong,’ on the one hand you have how prestigious it is and the reputation of the book, which is something that’s an extraordinary piece of work. Sebastian Faulkes is a genius. So you feel that responsibility when you’re portraying that character that he’s imagined and millions of readers have pictured. – Eddie Redmayne
Filming is about continuing to be alert and to think, and I find it quite exhausting. – Eddie Redmayne
Actors are actors, and there should be a complete fluidity for anyone to play anything. – Eddie Redmayne