John Hurt Quotes
I'd never done any Beckett before 'Krapp,' and I haven't done any of his other plays since. I've always felt that 'Krapp' is an autobiographical piece.
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
I've never felt that anger is a very powerful emotion.
John Hurt
Very, very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work. And I prefer the latter, for obvious reasons. It's a great relief to feel that you're working with someone rather than for someone.
John Hurt
Where humanity is going to find itself in, say, 20, 30, 40, or 50 years would be very difficult to predict, I think. There are moments, of course, when you think that it's going from bad to worse, but there are other moments when you think that human efforts are really flowering into something really fantastic.
John Hurt
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.
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Not everyone wants to see children's films, comics, and supermen.
John Hurt
Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort.
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Essentially, I am an actor for hire. I am not a rarified creature. I do all these different things, and they all interest me.
John Hurt
You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to work and come right. And other times, when you're working really hard, it's okay, but it isn't scintillating.
John Hurt
It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater.
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I have died in so many spectacular ways, and I remember shooting them all, too. I imagine all those deaths will flash in front of me when I'm on my death bed, faced with the real thing.
John Hurt
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
