John Hurt Quotes
My criteria when looking for a role is that I will do anything that stands the chance of succeeding on the level it is intended to. After that, if it's a part I can do something personal with.

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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
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Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance.
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I was only 23 and just out of college when I filmed 'Casualty' and so nervous, but it was brilliant fun. I was really lucky, and it really helped my career.
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Coal mining is an industry rife with mismanagement, corruption, greed and an almost blatant disregard for the safety, health and quality of life of its work force. Everyone knows this. Everyone has always known it.
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We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.
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My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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I have no new voices - they've all been used.
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I think God has it written down for me, that without training and working hard you will never achieve desired results. All three times I have had to toil my way into the Olympics. Talking about pressure, well that is something you have to learn to deal with in sports.
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The majority of actor kids are really competitive. But Gabby Sidibe on 'The Big C' has been a big help to me. Her career went from zero to a hundred in about one second, so she's warned me what to expect.
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You can take risks with the characters and their development in a standalone novel.
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When feminism and gay activism set themselves against organized religion, they have the obligation to put something better in its place.
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'I want to know how many years I got.''Many,' said Ta-Kumsaw. 'Or few. All that matters is what you do with however many years you have.'
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In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
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Other lands became a larder full of all the good things All we had to do was go and take Blood the colour of the rain that grew our wicked harvest Black the colour icing on our cake
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Occupation is the scythe of time.
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It's a pleasure. We are lucky guys to be there in front of the millions and millions watching us.
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Just look at Gal Gadot when she smiles or when she meets somebody and shakes their hand. That is the embodiment of Wonder Woman. She is so beautiful and powerful, but kind and generous and thoughtful. She's just an amazing person.
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My criteria when looking for a role is that I will do anything that stands the chance of succeeding on the level it is intended to. After that, if it's a part I can do something personal with.