British - Actor | February 21, 1946 - January 14, 2016
Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.
Alan Rickman
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What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.
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What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.
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You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.
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I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that's private to them. I think too many things get explained, so I hate talking about it.
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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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I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.
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I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.
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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?
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I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather than tact a lot of the time.
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I love working in New York theater.
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You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.
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