They are moving because he realizes he’s lived so fast and hard that he’s never had time to look back, to savor it all . The diaries span 22 years, beginning in 1993 and ending in December 2015 (a few weeks after the final entry, Rickman died, aged 69, from pancreatic cancer), thereby capturing him at the height of his fame. I chose to listen to this book as an audiobook after hearing on a podcast that it would have some of the actors from Harry Potter narrating. Rickman studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design, the Royal College of Art, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

A lot of his life is also spent travelling from location to location: New York and LA are regular stops, and it’s a rarity not to meet another celeb on the flight.Yes he's a bit cantankerous and yes he's pretty opinionated but no, he's never rude or disrespectful. He did not construct this book; these are entries from his private journals spanning the years 1993 to 2015, the time of his passing.

However, he did have some complimentary things to say about the franchise, shouting out future Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón for doing “an extraordinary job” directing Prisoner of Azkaban. As a diary it darts about and while the content is extensive and lots of pockets of interesting bits it’s just so hard to follow.It’s possible to go through this book, as if with a metal detector, and retrieve shreds of tabloid coin . His notes and criticisms have made me reassess his performance in some of my favourite films, given his negative views about other actors, directors and the end product. But Tim [Allen] has this perverse need to needle, antagonise, provoke, demoralise – he just thinks he’s being funny (maybe) – which just slows everything down and leads to zero concentration.