About William Hurt:
William McChord Hurt is an American stage and film actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut as a troubled scientist in the science-fiction feature Altered States (1980), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. He subsequently played a leading role, as a lawyer who succumbs to the temptations of Kathleen Turner, in the neo-noir Body Heat (1981).
Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure.
William HurtIf you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character.
William HurtI am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go.
William Hurt