Alan Rickman Quotes

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• My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.
• That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.
• All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.
• I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.
• I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.
• My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.
• On film you put all your energies into a single glance.
• My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.
• One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.
• What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.
• You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.
• I don't play villains, I play very interesting people
• One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the…
• When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing you never look…
• I'm a lot less serious than people think, it's probably because the way my face is put together.
• You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about themselves…
• A wounding tongue. I'm working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.
• Give me a window and I'll stare out it.
• Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a…
• If you judge the character, you cant play it.

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