I am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting.
Interpretation
Defying expectations can lead to intriguing outcomes.
In this quote, Alan Rickman expresses a fierce determination to surprise and challenge others' expectations. He suggests that even if people disapprove of his actions, they will inevitably find them captivating and noteworthy, encouraging a perspective of curiosity over judgment.
In practice
In a motivational speech about creativity and innovation.
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.
I believe you can speak things into existence.
It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.
That everybody can do something, without regard to how old or young they are, rich or poor or middle class they are, how busy or not busy they are and what level skills they have. Everyone can do something. And everybody should do something. ... And if you do it, you'll be happier.
Competition is an easy way to get into flow.
Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.
Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
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