John Hurt Quotes
I'm fascinated by the business of belief, obviously, because it's so ever present with humanity anyway. And, you know, when you have science, which constantly talks of proofs, you have religion, which constantly talks of beliefs and faith and so on.
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I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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There's a lot of bad things going on but I didn't do nothing.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.
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I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written.
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A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.
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I have an hourglass shape, and I think it's important to understand your body type and your personality type. Then make whatever is on trend and in fashion work for you.
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The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher.
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My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments.
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Wanting to feel good is synonymous with wanting to feel God.
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When you do comedy, the audience is not your boss. They are your collaborators and when you collaborate with someone you don't have to listen to everything they think or say. Sometimes you're not getting the laughs you want or at the place you want but that doesn't mean it's not funny. It means you haven't explored it enough. I'll get laughs in the places I don't want them and that makes me realize the direction I want to go in.
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A genuinely humble attitude is one of the greatest skills in business. Because it compels us to LISTEN and LEARN.
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Welcome to the world of bullshit, my dear. You have arrived.
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A good ground rule for writing in any genre is, start with a form, then undermine its confidence in itself. Ask what it's afraid of, what it's trying to hide - then write that.
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I'm fascinated by the business of belief, obviously, because it's so ever present with humanity anyway. And, you know, when you have science, which constantly talks of proofs, you have religion, which constantly talks of beliefs and faith and so on.
