his element but out of his shoes. >> i don't know what's like to throw a chair down an elevator shaft. >> you see myself. this person who is flawed but can overcome it, which i think is a narrative that we all have about ourselves. if push came to shove, i would show up. >> alan rickman's performance as hans gruber is one of the key movie performance of the '80s, because of the idea that the villain could be intellectual. it wasn't a beefy villain who beat up our hero but was a guy who our hero had to outthink. >> a lot of action stars think it's cool to show no fear. to me, that's not a courageous person, that's a stupid person. the courageous person is is tthe who has fear but goes through it anyway. it isn't the size of the