William Hurt quotes

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful. (William Hurt)
Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. View quote
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All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy. View quote
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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 basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. View quote
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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 here at all. View quote
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Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study. View quote
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David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists. View quote
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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. View quote
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I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily. View quote
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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 about an older woman who's running a ranch in the west the old fashioned way. View quote
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You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold. (William Hurt)
I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either. View quote
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I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process. View quote
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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 life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it. View quote
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I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go. View quote
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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. View quote
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I was a science fiction junkie for a long time. View quote
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Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure. View quote
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I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die. View quote
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What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement. View quote
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Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard. (William Hurt)
It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream. View quote
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People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't. View quote
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The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done. View quote
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I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people. View quote
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