Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Alan Rickman

I'm a lot less serious than people think, it's probably because the way my face is put together.

I'm a lot less serious than people think, it's probably because the way my face is put together.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

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.

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

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

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.

That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.

I like it when stories are left open.

I like it when stories are left open.

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.

I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.

I don't play villains, I play very interesting people

I don't play villains, I play very interesting people

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

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

Give me a window and I'll stare out it.

Give me a window and I'll stare out it.

We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.

We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.