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I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.
Alan Rickman
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Alan Rickman
Age: 69 †
Born: 1946
Born: February 21
Died: 2016
Died: January 14
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Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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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?
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Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day.
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Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.
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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.
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There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.
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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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Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.
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I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.
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You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.
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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.
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When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing you never look at his extremities, do you? You look at his centre. What you never see is the hours of work that went into the routines, you just see the breathtaking spirit and freedom.
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If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.
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The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.
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If you judge the character, you cant play it.
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All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.
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Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.
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I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.
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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.
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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.
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