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

Quote by Alan Rickman

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

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...

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 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.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

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,...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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.