Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.
Alan RickmanI have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.
Alan RickmanIt's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it.
Alan RickmanA lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, 'I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.' Oh, the theater is a scary place to be.
Alan Rickman