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If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

Alan Rickman

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Alan Rickman
Age: 69 †
Born: 1946
Born: February 21
Died: 2016
Died: January 14
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Hammersmith
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Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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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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What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.
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It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.
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I am the character you are not supposed to like.
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So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.
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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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Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact.
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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.
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That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.
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I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.
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You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.
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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!
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