"It is a mystery to actors as well, to a large extent," he says. "I tried it. I have two cameo roles and it's like, this is hard stuff... And I was playing myself." He adds: "You make a choice to be an actor. It's still mysterious to you".
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s interview with Alan Rickman concludes with a discussion of “the mysterious mechanism of acting and theatre and storytelling” and the use of special effects in the Harry Potter movies.
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