I don't like it when people shout on stage without any particular reason. It carries no weight. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I'd love to be one of those people who, whenever you see them, you feel pleased. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who… — 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
The big problem with literature is people tend to take the dialogue from the book, forgetting that everything that surrounds it is… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I'm essentially the result of other people's imagination. And that's fine. Because of other people's imagination, I've played parts I would never… — 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
I've worked with people from Fred Zinnemann, John Huston, through to Richard Fleischer, all of those boys from Hollywood and so on,… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
By the very nature of being a clergyman's son, people tend to put you slightly apart, which is - you tend to… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that is important, for me, though a lot of people would disagree with me, is that… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Religious people know deep down that that is the most vulnerable area of their lives, and when others question it, they are… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
In the end, the game is the same. Football is still football. Now, they may play with different formations, they may have… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've watched hugely ambitious people: the… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
If I'm doing a play, 30 to 40 percent of the people that come to the stage door have pictures of 'Alien'… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
There are certain people that when they ask you to do a film, you just say, "Where and when?" — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Everybody, I think, that was in 'Harry Potter' was certainly introduced to an enormous lot of young people. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think people should be protected from being made to feel that they want to know what somebody famous had for breakfast. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I'm not accustomed to doing films without seeing the script. There are certain people that are auteurs, and you accept them regardless… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I've done a couple of conferences where you sit and sign autographs for people, and then you have photographs taken with them… — 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 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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