Alan forever)))

Alan Rickman with a fan / autograph collector Sharon Howe

This is what she had to say about him:  Alan Rickman …. knew him prior to Die Hard … he did January Man in Toronto just before its release. Two other ladies and I hung out on set with him many nights talking. He kept in touch. In NY in 02 he made sure I had stuff to take back for 2 others that couldnt make it to see him. He signed Playcards, Programs and photos … must have had over a dozen things. 

Celebrities React to Alan Rickman’s Passing

January 14 2016 - The film and theater world lost one of its favorites with Alan Rickman‘s death from cancer. My favorite.                                        Beyond his versatility in characters, the award-winning British actor was known for his baritone voice, his forays into writing and directing, and his impeccable ability to play the villain. 

As the news broke of his passing, fans, former colleagues, and celebrities of all kinds took to Twitter in a global outpouring of grief and sympathy for his family and friends. Among those remembering the versatile actor were countless friends, colleagues and fans.

Alan… We all miss you very much!

Georgina Cates (Stella Bradshaw/ “An Awfully Big Adventure”): “The genius Alan Rickman, showed me at age 19 how to be a screen actor. All i can say is thank you!”

John McTiernan (Director “Die Hard”): “Alan was so far from any of the characters he played, he was so soft-spoken and so sweet.                                For a guy who played probably the best bad guys of our generation, he was such a gentle man.                                                                                                   After I got to know him, I wondered about Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, because Alan was so far from any of the characters he played. He was so soft-spoken and so sweet. But he had such a gift for playing such terrifying people.It must have all been a reversal. In his imagination, he must have been somewhere so vulnerable to cruel and evil people and felt so frightened of them that it gave him this amazing gift for constructing them. It was just astonishing”.

Norman Reedus (“Dark Harbor”): “I admired you so much Mr Rickman. Such a class act!”

Tim Allen (Jason Nesmith / Commander Peter Quincy Taggart “Galaxy Quest”): “He was just an amazing person and an amazing actor. We had these dinner parties [during the Galaxy Quest production] and Alan always brought gifts whenever he came to the house. He was that kind of guy — he had class and style and manners. But he was also gentle and funny and wonderful.”

Ian McKellen (Tsar Nicholas II / “Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny“): “Behind his starry insouciance and careless elegance, behind that mournful face, which was just as beautiful when wracked with mirth, there was a super-active spirit, questing and achieving, a superhero, unassuming but deadly effective”.

Johnny Depp (Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd / “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street“): “He was a supremely unique talent. That voice, that persona. There’s hardly anyone unique anymore. He was unique.”

Ang Lee (Director “Sense and Sensibility“ : “A brilliant actor… a soulful actor… [and] a great human being.”

Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore / “Harry Potter”): “Everybody loved Alan.  He was always happy and fun and creative and very, very funny. He had a great voice, he spoke wonderfully well. He was intelligent, he wrote plays, he directed a play. So he was a real man of the theatre and the stage and that’s how I think of Alan”

Daniel Radgliffe (Harry Potter / “Harry Potter): “As an actor he was one of the first of the adults on Potter to treat me like a peer rather than a child. Working with him at such a formative age was incredibly important and I will carry the lessons he taught me for the rest of my life and career. Film sets and theatre stages are all far poorer for the loss of this great actor and man.”

Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley / “Harry Potter”): “I am devastated to hear about the passing of Alan Rickman, I feel so privileged to have had the opportunity to work with him on numerous occasions. Even though he has gone — I will always hear his voice. My thoughts are with his friends and family at this time.”

Emma Watson (Hermione Granger / “Harry Potter”): “I feel so lucky to have worked and spent time with such a special man and actor. I’ll really miss our conversations. RIP Alan. We love you.”

ALAN RICKMAN ✘ golden globe awards → backstage interview (1 of 2) © getty ✘ ♡ favourite rickman moments

“We did not want to lose Alan…” 

“I was quite intimidated when I first met Alan. He’s a quite imposing looking man. He was tall. He had this incredible large head with this incredible Roman emperor kind of visage and a wonderfully sardonic expression on his face.

Alan was also very sensitive and emotional. That’s a side of him you don’t see in his performances, because he was a brilliant technical actor. The reality of Alan inside of that was quite a vulnerable, emotional person which made him all the more interesting and lovable. I remember that when Antony and Cleopatra ended he gave me a gift: It wasn’t anything new. It was a beautiful old antique bracelet, a little bit broken and just absolutely beautiful and it was so classically Alan.

He was very twinkly and kind and gossipy. Alan was very collegiate and collaborative and supportive of other actors always.                                              He enjoyed going to restaurants to drink some wine and gossip about actors and acting, directors and plays.

There are certain actors who are going to be better when they are older than when they are younger… Alan was one of those people who grew into it. He needed to get into his 30s really before the way he was, the weight of his personality, his particular kind of power, his particular kind of character worked better in maturity, I think”.

Such a beautiful beautiful man, perfection! What’s not to love about him?