169 Quotes by Alan Rickman

The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. Or, what's impossible? What's a fantasy?

I'm still living the life where you get home and open the fridge and there's half a pot of yogurt and a half a can of flat Coca-Cola.

Unless we tell stories about ourselves, which is all that theater is, we're in deep trouble.

On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes.

It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.

I am the character you are not supposed to like.

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.

And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

I'm a lot less serious than people think.