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On film you put all your energies into a single glance.
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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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 was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.
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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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So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.
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From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.
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My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.
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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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You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.
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Older people say, 'Oh I loved you in 'Sense and Sensibility,'' and that's the only film they want to talk about. Equally, there are people who only want to talk about 'Galaxy Quest.' And there's a whole bunch of teenagers who only want to talk about 'Dogma.'
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I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home.
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What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.
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One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.
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I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.
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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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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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The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.
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I like it when stories are left open.
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There's, like, marks next to an actor's name or something, and boy does that go up and down! Somewhere in there, which always causes my mate Miss Ruby Wax great hilarity, I was offered a biopic of Frank Sinatra. Even I knew that was a bad idea! They'll throw anything at you at certain times. So, you know, to thine own self be true.
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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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