Quotes by Alan Rickman

About Alan Rickman:

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman is an English actor.
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I am the character you are not supposed to like.

Alan Rickman

I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.

Alan Rickman

It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it.

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, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

Alan Rickman

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.

Alan Rickman

On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to h...

Alan Rickman

Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors inhabit the same planet as everyone else. It's a weird thing that happens when you're an actor because people hold you up because you somehow embody ...

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 other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. Or, what's impossible? What's a fantasy?

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Older people say, 'Oh I loved you in 'Sense and Sensibility,' and that's the only film they want to talk about. Equally, there are people who only want to talk about 'Galaxy Quest.' And there's a whole bunch of teenagers who only want to talk about '...

Alan Rickman

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

Alan Rickman

I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?

Alan Rickman

I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.

Alan Rickman

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

Alan Rickman

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

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I'm a lot less serious than people think.

Alan Rickman

Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day.

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Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

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My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.

Alan Rickman

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.

Alan Rickman

I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.

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I can only see my limitations. That's just who I am.

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Author Bio

  • NameAlan Rickman
  • DescriptionEnglish film, television and stage actor
  • BornFebruary 21, 1946
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor; Voice Actor