Alan Rickman

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. ”

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.' ”

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. ”