Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference.… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I never expected to have any kind of film career, to be honest. It was all a bit of a surprise. But… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Older people say, 'Oh I loved you in 'Sense and Sensibility,'' and that's the only film they want to talk about. Equally,… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Snow Cake is a lovely film. Really proud of that. We shot it in 21 days. I thought Sigourney was amazing in… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact. — Alan Rickman Copy Share
Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape… — Alan Rickman Copy Share
I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks. — Alan Rickman Copy Share
Unless we tell stories about ourselves, which is all that theater is, we're in deep trouble. — Alan Rickman Copy Share
I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting. — Alan Rickman Copy Share
The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't. — Alan Rickman Copy Share
Do you know that moment when you paint a landscape as a child and, when you’re maybe under seven or something, the sky is… — Alan Rickman Copy Share
One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less… — Alan Rickman Copy Share
On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned… — Alan Rickman Copy Share
I was coming from a very cerebral, dark, difficult, layered play by Christopher Hampton and doing an action movie in Hollywood (Die Hard) with… — Alan Rickman Copy Share
