34 William Hurt Quotes for You to Enjoy

William Hurt

American Actor

Born: Mar 20, 1950

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It's been a long comeback. Things were pretty dark for me. But I have a faith now, and it saves my day. I was angry with God for a long time because I was unhappy with me. I hadn't learned to make the distinction between God and my parents. But there's a peace now. In the end, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired. William Hurt

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You can only sit on the frustration of wanting to express something for so long. William Hurt

You Frustration Long Sit Something Only Wanting Express

Fame... it's been a challenge, let's put it that way. It's a privilege and a responsibility, and I'm not sure I carried the responsibility well at times, which is embarrassing. And I've had to look and be disappointed in myself occasionally for how I behaved in some circumstances. William Hurt

You get older, and people start passing away. And so if you're lucky - my mom died very young, for instance, and I have friends who died very young - but the point being that, I think if you're awake, you know you're going to pass on. And that the real treasure in life is the long term - relationships that you really value. William Hurt

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I haven't planned a reaction on anything... If you do, you've screwed up. William Hurt

You Reaction Up Anything Screwed Screwed-Up Planned

The funnel of deep feeling and profound satisfaction in life comes from the capacity to feel. William Hurt

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I don't put the truth in a cage. I try to find a way to release it. William Hurt

Truth Try Way Release Find Put Cage

But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all. William Hurt

Amazing Live More Know Am Amazed Going Being Ever Here

It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it. William Hurt

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What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement. William Hurt

Improvement Lack Frustrating Movies Really

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people. William Hurt

You Yourself People Think Other Understand Closer Acting Help Bring

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure. William Hurt

Success Me Failure People Sometimes Think Make Call Reasons

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful. William Hurt

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I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die. William Hurt

Eyes Looking Someone Looked Him Because Die Just Want

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time. William Hurt

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I don't have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage. William Hurt

House Any Storage Profession Oscar

The irony is that the more specific you are in the portrayal of character, the more like other people you are. In the same way, the more you think about how alone you are in this life, you realise how much a brother and sister everyone else is. William Hurt

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My greatest offering is my concept. It isn't my face. William Hurt

Face Concept Greatest Offering

Every single second of extra time to work with other actors has definitely always, for me, paid off for the film. For the project. Every single extra heartbeat you could get, mutually considering the scene, was of benefit. William Hurt

For as privileged an actor as I have been, TV as a standard is short shrift. They have to do it so quickly that they don't stop and take a look. They just shoot. So that's one of the reasons I typically stay away from it. I think art is an act of consideration, and if you're not considering, I don't think you're really doing mankind a favor. William Hurt

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Woody Allen asked me to improv once. I said no. William Hurt

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I live in the county where my mother was born and buried. William Hurt

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