John Hurt Quotes
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My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid of anyone who drinks for fear something like that might happen to her.
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I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film.
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I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word.
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As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.
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Really, I'm only alive out of curiosity. I'm very curious about where we're all marching.
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There's an awful lot of hanging around when you're doing science fiction. Going down and waiting for them to set up, being told to go back to your dressing room while they change the track and the lighting and so on.
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If you do an interview in 1960, something it's bound to change by the year 2000. And if it doesn't, then there's something drastically wrong.
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The most difficult thing about painting is the self-discipline. When I finish a job, I give myself a few days, but then I have to discipline myself quite fiercely if I want to do some painting that's worthwhile. Otherwise, you're just doodling. It's much easier when you're just told what you have to do.
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Picasso was hugely innovative, and, wow, did he have facility, amazing ability, but I don't think he painted a masterpiece.
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I didn't want to teach. I wanted to act. It was quite a long and difficult road to get there but very thrilling when I did.
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I see myself as an interpretative actor rather than a creative one.
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For everything that you find dreadful, there's usually something that is rather marvelous as well.
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I'm very much of the opinion that to work is better than not to work.
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I seem to watch less and less television. The best thing in 'Downton Abbey' is Penelope Wilton. She is always worth the watch.
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I like the physical activity of gardening. It's kind of thrilling. I do a lot of weeding.
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Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.
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I first got involved with Mel Brooks through 'The Elephant Man.' Everybody knows now, but they didn't know at the time that he was the producer.
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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.
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The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive.
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Society is constantly recalibrating, redefining what it considers to be moral and immoral.
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The difference between anger and deep remorse - remorse is much fatter. It's a deeper feeling altogether. Anger is too easy an escape for my money.
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The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of yourself. If you haven't learnt how to make a fool of yourself, you shouldn't be on the boards. That's absolutely what it's all about.
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If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a film, theatre doesn't cross my mind.
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I'm not accustomed to doing films without seeing the script.