Quotes by : Alan Rickman

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.

I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and....

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference.....

Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either....

I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change....

I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home.

Talent is an accident of genes, and a responsibility.

I'm still living the life where you get home and open the fridge and there's half a pot of yogurt and....

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.