I got used to [ Lars Von Trier] doing the narration for 'Dogville' and 'Manderley.' And I said to him I do… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I've spent a great deal of my life doing independent film, and that is partly because the subject matter interests me and… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I find myself more interested in producing. Not because I'm interested in the financial side of it, but just getting together the… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I'd say the film to avoid is a director's second film, particularly if his first film was a big success. The second… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
How my film career happened, I don't know. It was unplanned. I'd been in films and TV throughout the Sixties and early… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
A very, very impressive director, Tomas Alfredson. It's only his second film [ 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'], but he's a real find. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
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 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
The common misconception is that we create films for ourselves. And I really don't do it for myself. I get stopped in… — 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
If you've got a great crew it's intense, but its quite short. 'The Elephant Man' was longer than most, for an independent… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I loved working with [ Lars Von Trier], but I've done two films before, so I was quite used to him.He's a… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
The director [Elfar Adalsteins] came to me through my agent and I had a read of the script [of the "Sailcloth]. I… — 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
It's quite interesting, looking back at the first one [film about Harry Potter], nobody knew whether or not it was going to… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
In the States it's more and more difficult to get an independent film off the ground, and you certainly wont get the… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Film is not literature - the image on screen is the information you get. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
The first film is everything you want to say and how you want to say it. Lots of directors will do that… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I mark a script like an exam, and I try not to do anything under 50 per cent. Similarly with the part.… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
People say you never retire in this [film] business and I say, well, not until they retire you. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I've done lots of films with first directors, so it's not unusual for me. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Also the wonderful thing about film, you can see light at the end of the tunnel. You did realize that it is… — 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
I left drama school and went straight into a 10-week film for which I was paid £75 I might say, which for… — 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 Image
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 Image
My surname certainly suggests a man whose destiny has always been injury. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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