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William Hurt

(1950–2022) Film Actor United States

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William Hurt was a film actor from the United States, best known for How to Take Care of Your Nail : How to Maintain a Beautiful and Healthy Nail.

Quick Facts About William Hurt

Born: March 20, 1950
Died: March 13, 2022
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: How to Take Care of Your Nail : How to Maintain a Beautiful and Healthy Nail
Spouse: Heidi Henderson

About William Hurt

William McChord Hurt was an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Theatre World Award National Board of Review Award for Best Actor London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year

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David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor

Quotes by William Hurt

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer,…

Actors

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The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done

Done

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Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

Courageous

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I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision

Balance

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David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

Actors

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It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my…

Acting

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I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

Fiction

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Also CSPAN is really the great treasure of the media as far as getting information.

Information

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I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night.

Almost

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If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character

Actors

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The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going somewhere the director is not.

Also

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What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

Frustrating

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The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity…

Amazing

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I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations

Because i can

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You don't look at it as the size of the role. Quantity is not the point. You can be as thorough in…

Hours

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Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

Being a father

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The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.

Ability

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I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

Demand

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The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.

Existence

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I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily

Actors

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I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out

Figures

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Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the…

Bases

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I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die.

Aerospace

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But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being…

Amazed

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I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it with me a long time ago. It's…

Cinema

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