All Alan Rickman Quotes
- Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there. Airheads
- From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other. Actor
- The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end. Beginning
- I love working in New York theater. Inspirational
- I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic. Actor
- It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it. Film
- So you can't judge the character you're playing ever. Character
- Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play. Innocently
- Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change… Actor
- I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision. Able
- I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy. Apathy
- If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine. Build
- And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we… Control
- I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom. Absolute
- I have a love-hate relationship with white silk. Hate
- There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do. Inside
- I am the character you are not supposed to like. Character
- It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising. Future
- I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously. Inspirational
- I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change the whole drive of a sentence. Change
- I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure. Both
- I'm still living the life where you get home and open the fridge and there's half a pot of yogurt and a half a can… Coca
- If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust. Art
- It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo. All
- Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility. Accident