Alan Rickman Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.”

“What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.”

“You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.”

“My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.”

“On film you put all your energies into a single glance.”

“When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.”

“You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.”

“I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.”

“In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months.”

“Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there. They say 'yes' to things; not like the endless 'nos' and 'hrrumphs' you get in England!”