I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that. Alan Rickman More Quotes by Alan Rickman More Quotes From Alan Rickman There's, like, marks next to an actor's name or something, and boy does that go up and down! Somewhere in there, which always causes my mate Miss Ruby Wax great hilarity, I was offered a biopic of Frank Sinatra. Even I knew that was a bad idea! They'll throw anything at you at certain times. So, you know, to thine own self be true. Alan Rickman self names boys 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! Alan Rickman news theatre experts Snow Cake is a lovely film. Really proud of that. We shot it in 21 days. I thought Sigourney was amazing in it. And very, very accurate. I think there was some element that thought she had pushed it too far. But not at all when you do the amount of homework she had done and spent the amount of time she did with adult autistics. She was right on the money. And I think Marc Evans is a terrific director. He's a sweet, open, honest man and a really good director of actors. Alan Rickman sweet men thinking My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident. Alan Rickman theater parent kind I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home. Alan Rickman edinburgh home way Older people say, 'Oh I loved you in 'Sense and Sensibility,'' and that's the only film they want to talk about. Equally, there are people who only want to talk about 'Galaxy Quest.' And there's a whole bunch of teenagers who only want to talk about 'Dogma.' Alan Rickman quests teenager people If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation. Alan Rickman topics los-angeles talking Actors are actually very supportive of each other. Alan Rickman supportive actors England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically. Alan Rickman england exciting said A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, 'I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.' Oh, the theater is a scary place to be. Alan Rickman scary hate thinking Parts win prizes, not actors. Alan Rickman prize actors winning You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience. Alan Rickman challenges trying interesting I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy. Alan Rickman real worry thinking 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. Alan Rickman dancing new-york years The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda. Alan Rickman eight rocks new-york I love working in New York theater. Alan Rickman theater new-york You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else. Alan Rickman london forget sometimes Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch. Alan Rickman casts witch wicked I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent. Alan Rickman nervous actors thinking Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes. Alan Rickman journey giving travel
