All Alan Rickman Quotes
- What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing. Acting
- Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over. Absolutely
- I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me. Everybody
- I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent. Accent
- If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work. All
- Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive. Active
- Parts win prizes, not actors. Actor
- Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than… Adult
- A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, 'I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.' Oh, the theater is a scary… Climb
- Actors are actually very supportive of each other. Actor
- Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications. Absorb
- Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together. Character
- England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically. England
- I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home. Always Feel
- I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks. America
- I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. Absolutely
- I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that. Agent
- I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey. Any
- I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties. Door
- If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation. Angeles
- Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes. Boat
- Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies. Along
- Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch. Cast
- The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial. Absolutely
- The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.' Ask