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Directors Quotes by John Hurt

17 Directors quotes by John Hurt

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I'd say the film to avoid is a director's second film, particularly if his first film was a big success. The second…

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I thought ['Sailcloth'] was a terrific script. Elfar Adalsteins, the director, is bound to be a director we'll hear from, and the…

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A very, very impressive director, Tomas Alfredson. It's only his second film [ 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'], but he's a real find.

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[Bong Joon-ho'] is quite different but technically, he is as clever as [Alfred] Hitchcock. That's saying something. In humanitarian terms, I think…

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When you're really working well with a director then you can be as outrageous as you like and so can he. And…

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The things that I've enjoyed most are not really science fiction. They are not much fun to make because there are so…

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The director [Elfar Adalsteins] came to me through my agent and I had a read of the script [of the "Sailcloth]. I…

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Very, very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you…

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Some directors involve waiting, and if you want to work with that particular director you're going to have to hang around.

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From John Huston to Fred Zinnemann and Richard Fleischer and all those great American directors.

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The first film is everything you want to say and how you want to say it. Lots of directors will do that…

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I've done lots of films with first directors, so it's not unusual for me.

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[Alfred] Hitchcock was very interested in the image on the screen.As is any good cinema director. That is the language they speak.…

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I've been incredibly lucky with the directors I've worked with.

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Very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work.…

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Elephant Man [movie] was much more difficult physically. This had a couple of days. It was quite tricky. I had my leg…

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I'm very director oriented.

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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…

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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…

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My surname certainly suggests a man whose destiny has always been injury.

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I got used to [ Lars Von Trier] doing the narration for 'Dogville' and 'Manderley.' And I said to him I do these narrations…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.

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