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I never expected to have any k...

I never expected to have any kind of film career, to be honest. It was all a bit of a surprise. But I was in a big hit play on Broadway. America, as many people will say, says yes more often than we do. And so I was suddenly surrounded by people saying yes. But I was aware that was 'cause of what I was in. It had a big impact.

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

I was coming from a very cereb...

I was coming from a very cerebral, dark, difficult, layered play by Christopher Hampton and doing an action movie in Hollywood (Die Hard) with explosions, and I was holding a gun.

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

There's, like, marks next to a...

There's, like, marks next to an actor's name or something, and boy does that go up and down! Somewhere in there, which always causes my mate Miss Ruby Wax great hilarity, I was offered a biopic of Frank Sinatra. Even I knew that was a bad idea! They'll throw anything at you at certain times. So, you know, to thine own self be true.

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

I've learned, having been on a...

I've learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They get fired if they're not - unlike in the theatre!

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

Snow Cake is a lovely film. Re...

Snow Cake is a lovely film. Really proud of that. We shot it in 21 days. I thought Sigourney was amazing in it. And very, very accurate. I think there was some element that thought she had pushed it too far. But not at all when you do the amount of homework she had done and spent the amount of time she did with adult autistics. She was right on the money. And I think Marc Evans is a terrific director. He's a sweet, open, honest man and a really good director of actors.

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

Certainly as actors, and maybe...

Certainly as actors, and maybe as directors, you've got to hang on to something childlike. You've got to know what play is. I haven't worked with Mike Leigh, but I know him very well and there's something open in his eyes about what's in front of him. And the same is true of Alfonso in a Mexican, mad way. There's an enthusiastic response to something. Neil Jordan, the same, when he gets excited . You just want to know there's a human being in there.

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

I am hellbent on defying your ...

I am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting.

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I have this feeling that if I ...

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

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

Los Angeles is not a town full...

Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there.

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

You're too busy sensing other ...

You're too busy sensing other people's fear rather than your own.

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You're there with these charac...

You're there with these characters looking at life through generations.

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You watch yourself doing thing...

You watch yourself doing things because you have set in motion events which will change your life.

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You only speak as a human bein...

You only speak as a human being in life and, therefore, you're trying to reproduce life onstage.

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

You don't always look ahead, b...

You don't always look ahead, but you turn equally to the past. I think of that more and more.

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

You can lull the paying custom...

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

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

Who I am gets in the way of pe...

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

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

When you come off the stage, y...

When you come off the stage, you want to walk out into life.

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

When I get off the plane in En...

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

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

What's interesting about the p...

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

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

What is it about actors? God k...

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

Alan Rickman 203 quotes

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