Alan Rickman

So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.

— Alan Rickman

The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each…

— Alan Rickman

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

— Alan Rickman

I have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.

— Alan Rickman

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

— Alan Rickman

I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that.

— Alan Rickman

Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself…

— Alan Rickman

Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then…

— Alan Rickman

I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.

— Alan Rickman

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

— Alan Rickman

Snow Cake is a lovely film. Really proud of that. We shot it in 21 days. I thought Sigourney was amazing in…

— Alan Rickman

I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change the whole drive of a sentence.

— Alan Rickman

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

Parts win prizes, not actors.

— Alan Rickman

And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies,…

— Alan Rickman