169 Quotes by Alan Rickman

Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.

Talent is an accident of genes, and a responsibility.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change the whole drive of a sentence.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

Why don't I like you?" "Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not.