Alan Rickman Quotes, Dubbing Quotes, Lasts Quotes

I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.

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I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that's private to them. I think too many things get explained, so I hate talking about it.

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My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.

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I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather than tact a lot of the time.

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The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.

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I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that.

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Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.

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

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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.

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Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.

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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.'

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Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications.

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I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home.

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If you judge the character, you cant play it.

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I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

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I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.

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

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My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.

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Parts win prizes, not actors.

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

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