I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I'm a lot less serious than people think, it's probably because the way my face is put together. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Why don't I like you?" "Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition… — 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
From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or… — 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
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
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
I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that's private to them. I think too… — 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
