John Hurt Quotes
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.
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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Things aren't always clear at the beginning of a relationship. Be up-front. Don't play on her confusion or vulnerability. Women want and appreciate clarity.
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Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.
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Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you'd been the only man in the world.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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I can't go on. I'll go on.
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Madeleine Albright introduced herself to me. I talked to Henry Kissinger and Barbara Walters. And I asked Peter Jennings to write a note of encouragement to my son, Logan, a news anchor at the ABC affiliate in Palm Springs.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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As an actor, you just like to be able to play as much range. I just want to be invisible. I want to be able to be perceived as an artist as opposed to 'a black actor': that's the joy.
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My mind is stuffed with quotes. Lines, couplets, paragraphs, stanzas; Bessie Smith, Stevie Smith, Tin Pan Alley, rock and roll. They tease or lead or hurl me into a dream space of jostling languages that I need to bask in each day in order to write.
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And from my place, and from the time that I went through my divorce, I also had my father pass away in the middle of all that. And it kind of made everything else just kind of like the back burner, you know.
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I thank the Almighty for the most wonderful 18 years. Far, far, too short a time.
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From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.
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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.
