Alan Rickman movie quotes

“There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.”
Alan Rickman

“I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.”
Alan Rickman

“If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.”
Alan Rickman

“I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.”
Alan Rickman

“You don't want me as your enemy.”

Alan Rickman - Professor Snape

“There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few who possess the predisposition, I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew...” (continue)(continue reading)

Alan Rickman - Professor Snape

“Professor Albus Dumbledore-After all this time?
Professor Severus Snape-Always.”
Sir Michael Gambon - Professor Albus Dumbledore
Alan Rickman - Professor Severus Snape

“- Hans Gruber: Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr. Cowboy?
- John McClane: Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.”

Alan Rickman - Hans Gruber
Bruce Willis - John McClane

“No man knocks me out of my own house.”
Alan Rickman - Elliott Marston

“- Nina: Your mother!
- Jamie: You think every cloud looks like my mother.
- Nina: This one really does look like your mother! Look: eyes, nose, eyebrows... brilliant!
- Jamie: My mother has not got a beard!”

Juliet Stevenson - Nina
Alan Rickman - Jamie

“You've been gone too long, Alice. There are matters which might benefit from your attention. Friends cannot be neglected. Hurry.”
Alan Rickman - Absolem

“Metatron acts as the voice of God. Any documented occasion when some yahoo claims God has spoken to them, they're speaking to me. Or they're talking to themselves.”
Alan Rickman - Metatron

“Before we can repent, we have to sin.”
Alan Rickman - Grigori Rasputin

“I'm going to go home, mix some paint, and try to create something original.”
Alan Rickman - Ed

“- Bethany: Were they sent to Hell?
- Metatron: Worse. Wisconsin. For the entire span of human history.”
Linda Fiorentino - Bethany
Alan Rickman - Metatron

“- John McClane: So that's is what this is about, Hans? A fucking robbery?
- Hans Gruber: Put down the gun.
- John McClane: Why'd you have to nuke the whole building, Hans?
- Hans Gruber: Well, when you steal $600, you can just disappear. When you steal 600 million, they will find you, unless they think you're already dead.”
Bruce Willis - John McClane
Alan Rickman - Hans Gruber

“A morsel of bread is more precious to man than a mountain of diamonds and gold, amen.”
Alan Rickman - Grigori Rasputin

“- Professor Severus Snape: Has it ever crossed your brilliant mind that I don't want to do this anymore?
- Professor Albus Dumbledore: Whether it has or it hasn't is irrelevant; you gave me your word.”
Alan Rickman - Professor Severus Snape
Sir Michael Gambon - Professor Albus Dumbledore

“Human beings have neither the aural nor the psychological capacity to withstand the awesome power of God's true voice. Were you to hear it, your mind would cave in and your heart would explode within your chest. We went through five Adams before we figured that one out.”
Alan Rickman - Metatron

“- Eamon de Valera: They call us murderers.
- Michael Collins: War is murder! Sheer, bloody murder!”
Alan Rickman - Eamon de Valera
Liam Neeson - Michael Collins

“Mr. Potter. Our new celebrity. Tell me, what would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood? You don't know? Clearly, fame isn't everything, is it?”
Alan Rickman - Professor Snape

“Tell a person that you're the Metatron and they stare at you blankly. Mention something out of a Charlton Heston movie and suddenly everybody is a theology scholar.”
Alan Rickman - Metatron

“- Colonel Brandon: What can I do?
- Elinor Dashwood: Colonel, you have done so much already...
- Colonel Brandon: Give me an occupation, Miss Dashwood, or I shall run mad.”
Alan Rickman - Colonel Brandon
Emma Thompson - Elinor Dashwood

“- Gwen DeMarco: Alex, where are you going?
- Alexander Dane: To see if there's a pub.”
Sigourney Weaver - Gwen DeMarco
Alan Rickman - Alexander Dane

“You people. If there isn't a movie about it, it's not worth knowing, is it?”
Alan Rickman - Metatron