15 Quotes & Sayings By Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman is an English actor who has appeared in almost 100 films and television productions. Rickman is best known for his roles as Hans Gruber in the "Die Hard" series, Severus Snape in the "Harry Potter" film series, and Severus Snape in the "Harry Potter" film series; Judge Turpin in the stage musical "My Fair Lady"; and Thomas Cromwell in the historical drama film "The Other Boleyn Girl."

Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day.
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Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day. Alan Rickman
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I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change the whole drive of a sentence. Alan Rickman
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I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure. Alan Rickman
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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. Alan Rickman
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Talent is an accident of genes, and a responsibility. Alan Rickman
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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. Alan Rickman
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I love perfumes. Every morning when my girlfriend and I come down to the courtyard in our block of flats we're assailed by the most delicious scent - jasmine round a doorway. It almost makes me swoon. Alan Rickman
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The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end. Alan Rickman
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I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel. Alan Rickman
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One longs for a director with a sense of imagination. Alan Rickman
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I have a love-hate relationship with white silk. Alan Rickman
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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. Alan Rickman
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I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home. Alan Rickman
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It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising. Alan Rickman