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 RickmanMaverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.
Alan RickmanI'm a lot less serious than people think, it's probably because the way my face is put together.
Alan RickmanThree 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 Rickman