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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
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Hammersmith
London
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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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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Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.
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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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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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Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.
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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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One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right.
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I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.
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If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.
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Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications.
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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 have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.
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If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.
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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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Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.
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We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.
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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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You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.
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Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.
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I'm still living the life where you get home and open the fridge and there's half a pot of yogurt and a half a can of flat Coca-Cola.
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