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Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Alan Rickman

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Alan Rickman
Age: 69 †
Born: 1946
Born: February 21
Died: 2016
Died: January 14
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Graphic Designer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Theatrical Director
Hammersmith
London
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.
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I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.
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All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.
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My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.
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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.
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One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.
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I'm a lot less serious than people think, it's probably because the way my face is put together.
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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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I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.
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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.
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Give me a window and I'll stare out it.
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I can only see my limitations. That's just who I am.
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The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic the actor doesn't.
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Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.
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