Alan Rickman Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

11 Famous Quotes by Alan 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.”
Acting Quotes
“Calling this production 'postponed' does not disguise the fact that it has been cancelled.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“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.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I have a love/hate relationship with white silk.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I can only guess at the pressures of funding an independent theater company in New York, but calling this production 'postponed' does not disguise the fact that it has been canceled. This is censorship born out of fear, and the New York Theatre Workshop, the Royal Court, New York audiences--all of us are the losers.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
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