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The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.
Alan Rickman
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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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Why don't I like you? Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not.
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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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I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.
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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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I am the character you are not supposed to like.
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I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.
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Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent.
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I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.
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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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