“The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.”

English actor

Alan Rickman was an English actor, born in 1946 and died in 2016. He was known for stage and screen performances, and for a deep, measured voice that made him instantly recognisable. He earned a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and an Actor Award, and he was also nominated for two Tony Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2009, The Guardian named him among the best actors never to receive an Academy Award nomination. He died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 69.