ALAN RICKMAN QUOTES

“I think there’s no more important conversation happening right now than how we treat each other and how we welcome each other into our communities.”

“Talent is an accident of genes – and a responsibility.”

“Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.”

“It’s a human need to be told stories. 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.”

“I am a positive pessimist. If you can’t beat them, join them. If it’s all going to turn out horrible, let’s face it head on.”

“Life is about taking risks, and acting is a huge risk in itself.”

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”

“As an actor, you’re only as good as the parts you’re given.”

“I am not a good enough actor to be dishonest.”

“I’m not hankering for roles I can put on a shelf in a room, to show off to people. They don’t mean anything to me.”

“The art of acting is to be other than what you are.”

“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”

“Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.” DEVIL EYES QUOTES

“I’m not afraid of turning 50 – I’m just afraid of looking 50.”

“I’m not a film star, I am an actor. Being a film star is not my aim. I’m not looking to have my name in lights.”

“I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity.”

“I don’t understand people who don’t like themselves. When your own approval means so much to you, it’s a surreal experience to experience self-disgust.”

“The object of art is to make us feel less alone.”

“I would like to be remembered as someone who was a good man, who tried very hard to be a kind and gentle person.”

“The more we know ourselves, the less we fear ourselves.”

“I’d like to inspire somebody to know that they can make it, no matter what the odds.”

“If you want to be an actor, you should keep your dreams to yourself for a while.”

“I see myself as an actor who happens to be famous, but not a celebrity.”

“Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.”