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I'm a lot less serious than people think.

Alan Rickman

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Alan Rickman
Age: 69 †
Born: 1946
Born: February 21
Died: 2016
Died: January 14
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Graphic Designer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Theatrical Director
Hammersmith
London
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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I never expected to have any kind of film career, to be honest. It was all a bit of a surprise. But I was in a big hit play on Broadway. America, as many people will say, says yes more often than we do. And so I was suddenly surrounded by people saying yes. But I was aware that was 'cause of what I was in. It had a big impact.
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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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I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.
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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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The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.
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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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My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.
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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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I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.
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