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

Quote by Alan Rickman

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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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

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

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

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.

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.

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

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...

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

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

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.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

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

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

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit...

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit...

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,...