169 Quotes by Alan Rickman

I’m always aware of the camera and it feels like that’s the audience.

I approach every part I’m asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn’t get it, or if he does?

In theater, you’ve got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months.

The point about a great story is that it’s got a beginning, a middle and end.

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

Give me a window and I’ll stare out it.

I’ve learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They get fired if they’re not – unlike in the theatre!

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there’s only one topic of conversation.

The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they’ve got the guts to say, ‘I don’t know.’