Alan Rickman Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.”

“I was a student in London in the '70s, so CBGB really wasn't on my radar at all. Obviously, I was aware of the emergence of the Police in England and as an art student, I was very aware of David Byrne, but I suppose my musical taste at that time certainly didn't stretch towards the Dead Boys or the Ramones.”

“I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.”

“I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?”

“What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.”

“It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.”

“I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.”

“Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.”

“I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.”

“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.”