"I like knowing what people who are successful in other venues, what intrigues them about the natural world," he says. "The things going on in this world that your brain cannot process because they're happening too fast." He's fascinated watching a flock of birds and how they know all to turn and make patterns. And so we just chatted about what kinds of things intrigue him, just as a human being who happens to be an actor.
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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