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
You carry that through and adapt it to a camera lens, but you're quite right, you cannot be sure of what an… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think you can get better in mathematics on a school level, but when you're talking about being a mathematician, I think… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
There is always a better choice that you were unable to quite touch with a single stroke. Even in acting, there comes… — 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
I think it would be very difficult to play somebody if they didn't think they had any virtues or redeeming characteristics. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
[Bong Joon-ho'] is quite different but technically, he is as clever as [Alfred] Hitchcock. That's saying something. In humanitarian terms, I think… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think [ Lars Von Trier] is a fantastic filmmaker. No question. You've got to be ready for him. He's sharp and… — 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
You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid… — 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
I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I'm besotted by [Kirsten Dunst] now. I think she's just wonderful. I can't think for a second that however much she'd worked… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think I'd rather do [acting] in the real place. It requires different things, working with green screen, but its an imaginative… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think you can fan the flames, but I think in the same way that a mathematician is a mathematician - He's… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I felt, you know, body and soul, as it were. But, of course, I mean, I - at that age, I didn't… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
A mathematician either has a feeling for equations and an understanding and delight in it, not only in the purity of it,… — 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 think it's interesting to see how things come into and go out of fashion. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think an actor is very like a sportsman. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think particularly Daniel [Radcliffe], he knows what he's doing. I'm sure he'll finish up a producer. He really realized what it… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think, you have to forget about intellect, to a degree. Intuition is very important when you're working with a lens, I… — 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 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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