Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications.
Alan RickmanI knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that.
Alan RickmanI have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.
Alan Rickman