When you're really working well with a director then you can be as outrageous as you like and so can he. And… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Be true to what you want to say, or whatever style it is that you've chosen or genre you've chosen. Do it… — 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
What I like about [Berthold] Brecht, it's very interesting. When Helene Weigel came over and somebody talked about Lotte Lenya and said… — 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 do what interests me when I'm invited and do it as well as I know how and try to get better.… — 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 often say, with something like 'The Elephant Man,' had it been an American series for television, where you have to sign… — 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
![“What I like about [Berthold] Brecht, it's very interesting. When Helene Weigel came over and somebody talked about Lotte Lenya and said "well, she wasn't alienating." And Weigel said "No, no, no. Why, Lotte Lenya was so true - who cares?" She said: "Berti only developed the theory of alienation in…” quote by John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/586/john-hurt-1669_acting_what-i-like-about-berthold-brecht-it-s-v_1814403.jpg)
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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 for you but you never put me in a film! So he called my bluff and put me in 'Melancholia' and I was thrilled about that.” quote by John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ccf/john-hurt-1669_bluffs_i-got-used-to-lars-von-trier-doing-the-n_55595.jpg)
