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

Quote by Alan Rickman

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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.

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

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

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...

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.

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 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,...

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.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

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...

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...

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

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 think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.