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Parts win prizes, not actors.

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Alan Rickman
Age: 69 †
Born: 1946
Born: February 21
Died: 2016
Died: January 14
Actor
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Film Director
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Hammersmith
London
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.
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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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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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If you judge the character, you cant play it.
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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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Actors are actually very supportive of each other.
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My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.
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I have a love-hate relationship with white silk.
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One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as an actor - is when you ask them a question, they say, I don't know - 'cause it means there's some space there for you to find out. And it means that there's going to be a process.
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I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word [...] - a jouuuuuurney.
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My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.
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If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.
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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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The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'
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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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When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.
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Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.
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I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change the whole drive of a sentence.
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The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.
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