Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.

Quote by Alan Rickman

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

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

The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

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

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

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

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

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

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking,...

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking,...

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

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

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

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

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

My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.

My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.

I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.

I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.