Quotes by Alan Rickman

About Alan Rickman:

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman is an English actor.
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Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact.

Alan Rickman

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.

Alan Rickman

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.

Alan Rickman

On film you put all your energies into a single glance.

Alan Rickman

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

Alan Rickman

You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.

Alan Rickman

In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months.

Alan Rickman

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Alan Rickman

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

Alan Rickman

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

Alan Rickman

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.

Alan Rickman

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

Alan Rickman

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

Alan Rickman

Parts win prizes, not actors.

Alan Rickman

I like it when stories are left open.

Alan Rickman

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

Alan Rickman

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

Alan Rickman

The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

Alan Rickman

Unless we tell stories about ourselves, which is all that theater is, we're in deep trouble.

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 many things get explained, so I hate talking about it.

Alan Rickman

You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.

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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