Alan Rickman

Parts win prizes, not actors. ”

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play. ”

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. ”