Alan Rickman

I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that.

It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.

I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.

My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.

Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.