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75 quotes by John Hurt

Sir John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940) is an English actor. Among other honours, he has received two Academy Award nominations, a Golden Globe Award, and four BAFTA Awards, with the fourth being a Lifetime Achievement recognition. Hurt is known for his leading roles as deformed man John Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980), Winston Smith in the dystopian drama Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen...
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I mark a script like an exam, and I try not to do anything under 50 per cent. Similarly with the part. And also film is a peculiar thing, parts... →

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As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.

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Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.

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The most difficult thing about painting is the self-discipline. When I finish a job, I give myself a few days, but then I have to discipline myself... →

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Also the wonderful thing about film, you can see light at the end of the tunnel. You did realise that it is going to come to an end at some stage.

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I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word.

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I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film.

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Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort.

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I like the physical activity of gardening. It's kind of thrilling. I do a lot of weeding.

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My father's a clergyman, and he was in the mission field for a certain amount of time in British Honduras, which is now Belize.

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Really, I'm only alive out of curiosity. I'm very curious about where we're all marching.

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I never quite understand why we watch the news. There doesn't really seem much point watching somebody tell you what the news is when you could... →

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I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it is going to ferment and make a decent wine. How that process happens, I'm... →

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