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John Hurt
John Hurt
British Actor
Born: Jan 22, 1940
Died: Jan 25, 2017
Been Life Me People Think You
Related authors: Alan Rickman Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Radcliffe David Walliams Henry Cavill Jason Statham Karl Pilkington Tim Curry
If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a film, theatre doesn't cross my mind. John Hurt
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I first got involved with Mel Brooks through 'The Elephant Man.' Everybody knows now, but they didn't know at the time that he was the producer. John Hurt
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To me, nothing ever feels like a sure thing. I cling to that because it's very important you don't ever think anything is a sure thing. John Hurt
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My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure. John Hurt
Me Made Parents Painting Think Too Secure Insecure Would Would-Be More Felt Them Far Ask Acting
I never quite understand why we watch the news. There doesn't really seem much point watching somebody tell you what the news is when you could quite easily listen to it on the radio. John Hurt
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Also the wonderful thing about film, you can see light at the end of the tunnel. You did realise that it is going to come to an end at some stage. John Hurt
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I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get suspicious when I read about actors spending six months in a clinic, say, in order to play someone who is sick. John Hurt
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It would be difficult to have any unfulfilled ambitions because I don't have any ambitions. I've never been that kind of performer. John Hurt
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I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word. John Hurt
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I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films. John Hurt
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It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor. John Hurt
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My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid of anyone who drinks for fear something like that might happen to her. John Hurt
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I've done some stinkers in the cinema. You can't regret it; there are always reasons for doing something, even if it's just the location. John Hurt
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I first decided that I wanted to act when I was 9. And I was at a very bizarre prep school at the time; to say 'high Anglo-Catholic' would be a real English understatement. John Hurt
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I can't say that I wouldn't prefer to make small films, basically because I think they are probably more interesting in terms of the material. But every now and again, it's quite good to do a big one. John Hurt
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I knew I wanted to act from a very young age - from about nine, really - but I didn't know how to go about it. I had no idea. The world was a much bigger place then. John Hurt
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I'm very much of the opinion that to work is better than not to work. John Hurt
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I say you play a part, you don't work one. John Hurt
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I think love can be really tough. Because it involves ultimately an honesty to the nth degree that you are capable of. Once said, you've lost your deposit. It's best if you don't say it. John Hurt
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The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of yourself. If you haven't learnt how to make a fool of yourself, you shouldn't be on the boards. That's absolutely what it's all about. John Hurt
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My father's a clergyman, and he was in the mission field for a certain amount of time in British Honduras, which is now Belize. John Hurt
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Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances. John Hurt
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I like entertaining. I adore it. I feel I'm in the right place. Without question. John Hurt
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If I'm doing a play, 30 to 40 percent of the people that come to the stage door have pictures of 'Alien' for me to autograph. And usually, the photos are pretty gory ones. John Hurt
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Everybody, I think, that was in 'Harry Potter' was certainly introduced to an enormous lot of young people. John Hurt
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I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought. John Hurt
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