Alan Rickman

I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will just go on reinventing itself, and so you just hope to be a part of that and not a part of some kind of endless regurgitation or 'Here I am doing what you know I do' kind of thing. ”

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

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination. ”

I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously. ”

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work. ”

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility. ”