Alan Rickman

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

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

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey.

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.

I love working in New York theater.

I have a love-hate relationship with white silk.

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.

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

Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.