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William Hurt quotes: If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character.

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character.

William Hurt quotes: You don't look at it as the size of the role. Quantity is not the point. You can be as thorough in 30 seconds as you can in three hours.

You don't look at it as the size of the role. Quantity is not the point. You can be as thorough in 30 seconds as you can in three hours.

William Hurt quotes: David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

William Hurt quotes: I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night.

I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night.

William Hurt quotes: I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision.

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision.

William Hurt quotes: And I don't want to use my troubles as an example of what to do and what not to do.

And I don't want to use my troubles as an example of what to do and what not to do.

William Hurt quotes: I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die.

I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die.

William Hurt quotes: You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

William Hurt quotes: The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.

William Hurt quotes: Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

William Hurt quotes: All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.

William Hurt quotes: The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done.

William Hurt quotes: Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure.

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure.

William Hurt quotes: Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

William Hurt quotes: Also CSPAN is really the great treasure of the media as far as getting information.

Also CSPAN is really the great treasure of the media as far as getting information.

William Hurt quotes: I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out.

I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out.

William Hurt quotes: It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

William Hurt quotes: But it's also another myth to think that you should be as tight as a drum and not have any frailties or fragilities.

But it's also another myth to think that you should be as tight as a drum and not have any frailties or fragilities.

William Hurt quotes: I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go.

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go.

William Hurt quotes: I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

William Hurt quotes: The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going somewhere the director is not.

The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going somewhere the director is not.

William Hurt quotes: I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

William Hurt quotes: The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.

The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.

William Hurt quotes: What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

William Hurt quotes: I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

William Hurt quotes: The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright

The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright

William Hurt quotes: I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

William Hurt quotes: People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.

William Hurt quotes: I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

William Hurt quotes: I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

William Hurt quotes: Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

William Hurt quotes: But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all.

But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all.