Alan Rickman quotes - page 3

Alan Rickman was a British actor known for his deep voice and compelling screen presence. His memorable roles include Severus Snape in the "Harry Potter" series and Hans Gruber in "Die Hard." He became widely respected for his versatility and contributions to both film and theatre. Here are 84 of his quotes:

I like it when stories are left open. (Alan Rickman)

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word [...] - a jouuuuuurney.

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

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'm a lot less serious than people think.

Alan Rickman

The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.

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

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The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

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Parts win prizes, not actors.

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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.

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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)

I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather than tact a lot of the time.

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I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home.

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Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

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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.

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Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.

Alan Rickman

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

Alan Rickman

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 'Dogma.'

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

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I love working in New York theater.

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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 place to be. (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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I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.

Alan Rickman

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.

Alan Rickman

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

Alan Rickman

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Alan Rickman

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Photo: David Shankbone derivative work: Suzelfe (talk), GFDL

Occupation: British Actor
Born: February 21, 1946
Died: January 14, 2016
Quotes count: 84

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