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It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it.

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Alan Rickman
Age: 69 †
Born: 1946
Born: February 21
Died: 2016
Died: January 14
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Graphic Designer
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Stage Actor
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Theatrical Director
Hammersmith
London
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.
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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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If you judge the character, you cant play it.
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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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Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.
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On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes.
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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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Parts win prizes, not actors.
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My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.
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England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said it was phenomenally exciting, musically.
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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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The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.
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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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That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.
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