169 Quotes by Alan Rickman

You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.

Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

I have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.

A wounding tongue. I'm working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.

If you judge the character, you cant play it.

I love working in New York theater.

Parts win prizes, not actors.

You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about themselves or they don't -- You hope they don't leave the theatre thinking that was nice...now where's the cab?'

My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.