Quotes by Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, ‘I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.’ Oh, the theater is a scary place to be.

Hate

Scary

Thinking

A wounding tongue. I’m working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.

Celts

Tongue

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.

Escaping

Play

Who I Am

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.

Acting

Focus

Listening

Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

Actors

Supportive

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

Book

Differences

Making A Difference

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.

Actors

Listening

Want

Certainly as actors, and maybe as directors, you’ve got to hang on to something childlike. You’ve got to know what play is. I haven’t worked with Mike Leigh, but I know him very well and there’s something open in his eyes about what’s in front of him. And the same is true of Alfonso in a Mexican, mad way. There’s an enthusiastic response to something. Neil Jordan, the same, when he gets excited . You just want to know there’s a human being in there.

Eye

Mad

Play

England in the ’60s and the ’70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically.

England

Exciting

Said

Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you – almost seems to speak through you, in fact.

Character

Facts

Play

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Done

Doors

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Energy

England

Escaping

Exciting

Expectations

Experts

Eye

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Force

Forget

Girlfriend

Giving

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Quotes by Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, ‘I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.’ Oh, the theater is a scary place to be.

A wounding tongue. I’m working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.

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.

Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.

England in the ’60s and the ’70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically.

Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you – almost seems to speak through you, in fact.

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