Quotes by John Hurt

About John Hurt:

Sir John Vincent Hurt is an English actor.
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Film is not literature - the image on screen is the information you get.

John Hurt

How my film career happened, I don't know. It was unplanned. I'd been in films and TV throughout the Sixties and early Seventies, but it was really 'The Naked Civil Servant' in 1975 that put me on the radar.

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I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit.

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It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor.

John Hurt

Where humanity is going to find itself in, say, 20, 30, 40, or 50 years would be very difficult to predict, I think. There are moments, of course, when you think that it's going from bad to worse, but there are other moments when you think that human...

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Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

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Everybody, I think, that was in 'Harry Potter' was certainly introduced to an enormous lot of young people.

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I don't know whether I inspire anything in anyone.

John Hurt

I didn't consider myself to be pretty, not at all.

John Hurt

Religious people know deep down that that is the most vulnerable area of their lives, and when others question it, they are liable to hit out and feel insulted. You know it is absolutely without proof, yet people still commit themselves totally to th...

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I like entertaining. I adore it. I feel I'm in the right place. Without question.

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I've done all sorts of children's things before, but none as big as 'Harry Potter.'

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You can't lose your concentration at all. And there are times when you're on the stage, and you've got silence, which is wonderful, but you have to have the confidence to make you realize it's fine. You can't suddenly wobble and think, 'They're not i...

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I'm not really a big musical fan. I enjoyed 'West Side Story' when it came out, but it gets a bit tired in the end.

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My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.

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If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a film, theatre doesn't cross my mind.

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I've done some stinkers in the cinema. You can't regret it; there are always reasons for doing something, even if it's just the location.

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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 sure thing.

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One thing that is likely to make you lose touch is if you keep in touch with the past too much.

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The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive.

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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 me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards o...

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Author Bio

  • NameJohn Hurt
  • DescriptionBritish actor
  • BornJanuary 22, 1940
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor; Explorer; Voice Actor
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire