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John Hurt quotes: We're all far too afraid of being so arrogant to say "Either you can or you can't." We're all far too afraid of being so arrogant to say "Either you can or you can't."
John Hurt quotes: It would be difficult to have any unfulfilled ambitions because I don't have any ambitions. I've never been that kind of performer. It would be difficult to have any unfulfilled ambitions because I don't have any ambitions. I've never been that kind of performer.
John Hurt quotes: 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. 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.
John Hurt quotes: I say you play a part, you don't work one. I say you play a part, you don't work one.
John Hurt quotes: 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. 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.
John Hurt quotes: Parents are the worst teachers, if they are good at it and you're not. My father thought I was the densest offspring he could have produced. Parents are the worst teachers, if they are good at it and you're not. My father thought I was the densest offspring he could have produced.
John Hurt quotes: I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film. I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film.
John Hurt quotes: I left drama school and went straight into a 10-week film for which I was paid $75 I might say, which for 1962 was one heck of a lot of I left drama school and went straight into a 10-week film for which I was paid $75 I might say, which for 1962 was one heck of a lot of money.
John Hurt quotes: I like entertaining. I adore it. I feel I'm in the right place. Without question. I like entertaining. I adore it. I feel I'm in the right place. Without question.
John Hurt quotes: 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. 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 quotes: My springboard is always the script. Even if the script is taken from a novel, I often haven't read the novel ... My springboard is always the script. Even if the script is taken from a novel, I often haven't read the novel ...
John Hurt quotes: Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented. Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented.
John Hurt quotes: I'm very much of the opinion that to work is better than not to work. I'm very much of the opinion that to work is better than not to work.
John Hurt quotes: 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. 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.
John Hurt quotes: Everybody, I think, that was in 'Harry Potter' was certainly introduced to an enormous lot of young people. Everybody, I think, that was in 'Harry Potter' was certainly introduced to an enormous lot of young people.
John Hurt quotes: I'm not really a big musical fan. I enjoyed 'West Side Story' when it came out, but it gets a bit tired in the end. I'm not really a big musical fan. I enjoyed 'West Side Story' when it came out, but it gets a bit tired in the end.
John Hurt quotes: One thing that is likely to make you lose touch is if you keep in touch with the past too much. One thing that is likely to make you lose touch is if you keep in touch with the past too much.
John Hurt quotes: As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well. As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.
John Hurt quotes: I love the uilleann pipes and listen to Ronan Browne who's an uilleann piper. I love the uilleann pipes and listen to Ronan Browne who's an uilleann piper.
John Hurt quotes: My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure. My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.
John Hurt quotes: 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. 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.
John Hurt quotes: Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort. Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort.
John Hurt quotes: Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting. Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.
John Hurt quotes: The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive. The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive.
John Hurt quotes: Picasso was hugely innovative, and, wow, did he have facility, amazing ability, but I don't think he painted a masterpiece. Picasso was hugely innovative, and, wow, did he have facility, amazing ability, but I don't think he painted a masterpiece.
John Hurt quotes: I seem to watch less and less television. The best thing in 'Downton Abbey' is Penelope Wilton. She is always worth the watch. I seem to watch less and less television. The best thing in 'Downton Abbey' is Penelope Wilton. She is always worth the watch.
John Hurt quotes: I like the physical activity of gardening. It's kind of thrilling. I do a lot of weeding. I like the physical activity of gardening. It's kind of thrilling. I do a lot of weeding.
John Hurt quotes: Society is constantly recalibrating, redefining what it considers to be moral and immoral. Society is constantly recalibrating, redefining what it considers to be moral and immoral.
John Hurt quotes: The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department. The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.
John Hurt quotes: Actors are not always the best judges. We have a peculiar idea of what we think we are, and sometimes it's best left to others to decide what we play. Actors are not always the best judges. We have a peculiar idea of what we think we are, and sometimes it's best left to others to decide what we play.
John Hurt quotes: To me, nothing ever feels like a sure thing. I cling to that because it's very important you don't ever think anything is a sure thing. To me, nothing ever feels like a sure thing. I cling to that because it's very important you don't ever think anything is a sure thing.
John Hurt quotes: I didn't consider myself to be pretty, not at all. I didn't consider myself to be pretty, not at all.
John Hurt quotes: I don't know whether I inspire anything in anyone. I don't know whether I inspire anything in anyone.
John Hurt quotes: I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films. I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films.
John Hurt quotes: Really, I'm only alive out of curiosity. I'm very curious about where we're all marching. Really, I'm only alive out of curiosity. I'm very curious about where we're all marching.
John Hurt quotes: 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. 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.
John Hurt quotes: I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit. I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit.
John Hurt quotes: If you listen, you learn; if you talk, you don't. If you listen, you learn; if you talk, you don't.
John Hurt quotes: It's a great relief to feel that you're working with someone rather than for someone. You don't feel that you're being tested, as it were. It's a great relief to feel that you're working with someone rather than for someone. You don't feel that you're being tested, as it were.
John Hurt quotes: When you're really working well with a director then you can be as outrageous as you like and so can he. And there's no worry about it. When you're really working well with a director then you can be as outrageous as you like and so can he. And there's no worry about it.
John Hurt quotes: Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances. Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.
John Hurt quotes: I've done all sorts of children's things before, but none as big as 'Harry Potter.' I've done all sorts of children's things before, but none as big as 'Harry Potter.'
John Hurt quotes: I was completely crazy and mad when I was young. I was absolutely in love with the dissolute. I was completely crazy and mad when I was young. I was absolutely in love with the dissolute.
John Hurt quotes: It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor. It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor.
John Hurt quotes: I think it's interesting to see how things come into and go out of fashion. I think it's interesting to see how things come into and go out of fashion.
John Hurt quotes: I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word. I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word.
John Hurt quotes: Also the wonderful thing about film, you can see light at the end of the tunnel. You did realise that it is going to come to an end at some Also the wonderful thing about film, you can see light at the end of the tunnel. You did realise that it is going to come to an end at some stage.
John Hurt quotes: I don't like no confusion. I don't like no confusion.
John Hurt quotes: Film is not literature - the image on screen is the information you get. Film is not literature - the image on screen is the information you get.

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