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  • On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Rickman Quotes , New York Quotes , Years Quotes
  • You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about themselves or they don't -- You hope they don't leave the theatre thinking that was nice...now where's the cab?'
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Rickman Quotes , Nice Quotes , Lying Quotes
  • I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Rickman Quotes , Moving Quotes , Writing Quotes
  • Do you know that moment when you paint a landscape as a child and, when you're maybe under seven or something, the sky is just a blue stripe across the top of the paper? And then there's that somewhat disappointing moment when the teacher tells you that the sky actually comes down in amongst all the branches. And it's like life changes at that moment and becomes much more complicated and a little bit more boring, as it's rather tedious to fill in the branches.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Rickman Quotes , Teacher Quotes , Children Quotes
  • I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Rickman Quotes , Want Quotes , Doe Quotes
  • When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing you never look at his extremities, do you? You look at his centre. What you never see is the hours of work that went into the routines, you just see the breathtaking spirit and freedom.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Rickman Quotes , Dancing Quotes , Looks Quotes