Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I was coming from a very cerebral, dark, difficult, layered play by Christopher Hampton and doing an action movie in Hollywood (Die… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together. — 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… — 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
I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Certainly as actors, and maybe as directors, you've got to hang on to something childlike. You've got to know what play is.… — 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
