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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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Why don't I like you? Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not.
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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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A wounding tongue. I'm working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.
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