William Hurt Quotes
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When I look at a person, or a character, it is in every case the beginning of an endless journey. And I don't suppose I know where that starts. I know that I have to, like every other person, make decisions and have opinions. But I'm real careful to not judge crassly or cheaply someone else's life.
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The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.
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It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it.
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All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.
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I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out
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I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people
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I'm not comfortable with walking the red carpet in a tuxedo and seeing all the women with their boobs pushed up and all the men dressed as penguins - particularly when the subject of your film is the nature of violence and humanity.
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I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go.
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And I don't want to use my troubles as an example of what to do and what not to do.
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I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it with me a long time ago. It's about an older woman who's running a ranch in the west the old fashioned way.
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David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.
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I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process
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If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character
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Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.