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

Quote by Alan Rickman

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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,...

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.

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.

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...

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...

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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'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.

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.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

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

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