One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

Quote by Alan Rickman

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Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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'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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.