Born in West London in 1946, actor Alan Rickman has been delighting the world with his unique talents since joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978. Rickman was very well known for his villainous roles in “Harry Potter,” “Die Hard” and “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” and adored for his more romantic characters in movies such as “Sense and Sensibility,” “Love Actually and “The Song of Lunch.”
Sadly, the actor has passed away from cancer earlier today in a hospital in London. Rickman was 69 years old and left a legion of fans, a loving family and wife behind. In remembrance, we put together some of Rickman’s most brilliant quotes about life, acting and storytelling. May he rest in peace.
“Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.”
“I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that.”
“I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.”
“I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.”
“I have a love-hate relationship with white silk.”
“Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors inhabit the same planet as everyone else. It's a weird thing that happens when you're an actor because people hold you up because you somehow embody in parts groups of people or people's hopes or something.”
“I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.”
“The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. Or, what's impossible? What's a fantasy?”
“I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey.”
“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.”
“I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.”
“My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.”
“If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.”
“It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.”
“All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.”
“I love perfumes. Every morning when my girlfriend and I come down to the courtyard in our block of flats we're assailed by the most delicious scent - jasmine round a doorway. It almost makes me swoon.”
“It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it.”
“Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.”
“What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.”
“From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.”
“Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.”
“It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.”
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