Alan Rickman Quotes

Alan Rickman was an English actor known for his versatile performances on stage and screen. He portrayed memorable characters in films such as "Die Hard," "Harry Potter," and "Sense and Sensibility." Rickman's distinctive voice and exceptional acting skills made him a beloved and respected figure in the acting industry.

I was a student in London in the '70s, so CBGB really wasn't on my radar at all. Obviously, I was aware of the emergence of the Police in England and as an art student, I was very aware of David Byrne, but I suppose my musical taste at that time certainly didn't stretch towards the Dead Boys or the Ramones.

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?

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocen... -Alan Rickman

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

I think worrying things are going on in England - ... -Alan Rickman

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

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.

Actors are actually very supportive of each other.... -Alan Rickman

Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

I think there's some connection between absolute d... -Alan Rickman

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.

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?

Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there. They say 'yes' to things; not like the endless 'nos' and 'hrrumphs' you get in England!

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you... -Alan Rickman

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

You can lull the paying customers as long as they ... -Alan Rickman

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

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I... -Alan Rickman

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.

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 the world.

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

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 in parts groups of people or people's hopes or something.

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch... -Alan Rickman

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

One longs for a director with a sense of imaginati... -Alan Rickman

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

Market forces impose certain rules before a film c... -Alan Rickman

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

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that w... -Alan Rickman

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will just go on reinventing itself, and so you just hope to be a part of that and not a part of some kind of endless regurgitation or 'Here I am doing what you know I do' kind of thing.

England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire ... -Alan Rickman

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored wit... -Alan Rickman

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't ge... -Alan Rickman

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

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.

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 of flat Coca-Cola.

I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.

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.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows ever... -Alan Rickman

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

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