Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.
Alan RickmanI do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.
Alan RickmanYou 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?'
Alan RickmanI 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?
Alan Rickman