England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically.
Alan RickmanMy parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.
Alan RickmanBeing on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.
Alan RickmanI 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.
Alan Rickman