I stopped asking a long time ago, "why would you want me to play that?" I'm an actor. That's what I do. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I gave up religious thinking a long time ago and am really just an agnostic now. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
On the other hand, you get other films that are spread over a much longer period of time and it's entirely exhausting.… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Film has changed vastly in the time that I've been an actor, and it's, I think, very much for the better. I… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I first got involved with Mel Brooks through 'The Elephant Man.' Everybody knows now, but they didn't know at the time that… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the film industry has always pushed out its biggies, and I don't have a problem with that. I just wish that… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
My father's a clergyman, and he was in the mission field for a certain amount of time in British Honduras, which is… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
My fathers a clergyman, and he was in the mission field for a certain amount of time in British Honduras, which is… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I first decided that I wanted to act when I was 9. And I was at a very bizarre prep school at… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Films don't take as long as people think. 'Harry Potter,' people always used to say, 'Well, my God, do you ever get… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
By the time I came to do the final ones [Harry Potter's film], I was working on something that was massively successful.… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
You can't lose your concentration at all. And there are times when you're on the stage, and you've got silence, which is… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Where humanity is going to find itself in, say, 20, 30, 40, or 50 years would be very difficult to predict, I… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I can't say that I wouldn't prefer to make small films, basically because I think they are probably more interesting in terms of the… — John Hurt Copy Share
Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances. And it's being able - I can't tell you how… — John Hurt Copy Share
I got used to [ Lars Von Trier] doing the narration for 'Dogville' and 'Manderley.' And I said to him I do these narrations… — John Hurt Copy Share
The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of yourself. If… — John Hurt Copy Share
One wonders sometimes, looking at the world, how it's dealing with itself. There are days when you wake up and you feel very optimistic… — John Hurt Copy Share
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… — John Hurt Copy Share
Things come in a quieter way to me. It's not laziness, and it's not diffidence. I just know how far you have to bend… — John Hurt Copy Share
I've spent a great deal of my life doing independent film, and that is partly because the subject matter interests me and partly because… — John Hurt Copy Share
I find myself more interested in producing. Not because I'm interested in the financial side of it, but just getting together the right elements… — John Hurt Copy Share
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… — John Hurt Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I've done all sorts of children's things before, but none as big as 'Harry Potter.' — John Hurt Copy Share
Really, I'm only alive out of curiosity. I'm very curious about where we're all marching. — John Hurt Copy Share
You carry that through and adapt it to a camera lens, but you're quite right, you cannot be sure of what an audience is… — John Hurt Copy Share
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