It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.
Interpretation
Stories are essential to human experience, and great storytellers elevate them.
This quote emphasizes the intrinsic human desire to hear stories and highlights the importance of the storyteller in conveying those narratives effectively. Alan Rickman expresses gratitude towards Jo, possibly indicating that she has played the role of a great storyteller in his life.
In practice
During a workshop on narrative techniques, the instructor quoted Alan Rickman to inspire budding writers.
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.
You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about themselves or they don't -- You hope they don't leave the theatre thinking that was nice...now where's the cab?'
I'm a lot less serious than people think, it's probably because the way my face is put together.
Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.
Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent.
When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing you never look at his extremities, do you? You look at his centre. What you never see is the hours of work that went into the routines, you just see the breathtaking spirit and freedom.
All my adult life I have been searching for the right adjective to describe my father's peculiarly aggressive comic style. I recently settled on 'defamatory.'
Whether you like it or not, a child really connects you to that time when everything's new. It's so important - not just for artistic endeavors, but for humanity.
I'm a great poet. I don't put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings.
Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.
No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!
The difference between architecture and building is that the former expresses an idea, while the latter is merely a structure built on economical principles. The value of matter depends solely on its capacities of expressing ideas.
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