The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial. — 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 Image
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 Image
I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Unless we tell stories about ourselves, which is all that theater is, we're in deep trouble. — 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
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
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 Image
Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
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 Image
