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Alan Rickman
British
Actor
About the author
If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Want
#People
#Work
I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Freedom
#Discipline
#Connection
If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Idea
#Magic
My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Parents
#Theater
#Accident
Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Love
#Nothing
#Pleasure
#Boats
On film you put all your energies into a single glance.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Film
One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Imagination
#Sense
Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Film
#Rules
Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Responsibility
#Talent
#Accident
The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Voice
What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#God
#Talking
#Actors
What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Acting
Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#People
#Play
It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Future
You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#England
I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Want
#Success
#Failure
#Court
#Desire
If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Time
#Conversation
Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Acting
#Control
#Nerves
All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Want
#Actor
#Listening
#Accuracy
Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Character
#Words
#Play
I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Right
Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Word
I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#England
#Apathy
I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Thinking
#Play
#Being
I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Being
#Mind
#Actor
I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Life
#Indecision
If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.
Alan Rickman,
British
Actor
#Life
#Art