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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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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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