What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

Quote by Alan Rickman

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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.

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.

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

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

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'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.

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...

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...

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 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.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

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...

My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of...

My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of...

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'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 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,...

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.

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.

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.