Ripley Quotes

On his role in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) - "I told Anthony that if I play Dickie Greenleaf, I want to eat in the best restaurants and drink the best wines every night because he would".

{About working on Enemy at the Gates (2001)) "Yeah, I got blown up, cut up...I remember actually, when I had to go the Ripley premiere which was happening at that time, I arrived with this huge gash in my head. Very cool, really".

(About his injury during Dickie`s death scene in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)) "Matt (Damon) broke my rib! But I think I strained his neck, we got a little bit carried away".

(On his favorite roles) Good Will Hunting (1997) is so close to my heart because my best friend (Ben Affleck) and I invented him, he`s from Boston, and it was what we knew. The stakes were pretty high with "Good Will Hunting" and it worked out as best as it can in this business - people saw the movie, it got good reviews, I was happy with the finished product, and they gave us an Oscar. I am also pretty fond of "Tom Ripley" - playing smart and sinister is just so much fun. I wasn`t that fond of his choice of swim trunks, though, so a few points away for that. And "John Grady Cole" in All the Pretty Horses (2000) was good, too. The integrity of that character is admirable. Unfortunately, I am the only one who saw that movie, so no one will get that reference.

(describing his role in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)) "The chap in the duffle coat jumping up and down in the background!"

For Ripley I learned to play some songs on the piano, and I never really played them again.

Playing Freddie Miles was really easy. It was one of those parts you know exactly what you`re doing. The character is not beating around the bush at all. His main action is to expose Tom Ripley as a phoney. - On his role in the Talented Mr. Ripley.

I`m no Ripley. I had doubts that I could play her as strongly as she had to be played, but I must say that it was fun exploring that side of myself. Women don`t get to do that very often.

I love the role of Ripley.

When I`m playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley`s Game I want to be in the moment when he`s feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances.

Ripley is married. And he`s not lost. He has his feet on the ground.

I don`t think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that`s true. But he`s married in later books. I`m not saying he`s very strong in the sex department. But he makes it in bed with his wife.