What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else. — 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
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
Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, 'I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.' Oh, the theater… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident. — 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
In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I've learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They… — 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
I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant… — 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
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
All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then… — 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
You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes… — 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
