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

Quote by Alan Rickman

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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...

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

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

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.

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats...

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats...

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

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.

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I...

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I...

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

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

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

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,...

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

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.

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.