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

Quote by Alan Rickman

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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.

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...

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 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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

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.

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

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

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

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...

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'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.