Top 75 Quotes by John Hurt

About John Hurt

These are some quotes by British author John Hurt Actor, who was born on January 22, 1940.

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

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

John Hurt

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

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

John Hurt

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

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

John Hurt

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.

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.

John Hurt

I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've watched hugely ambitious people: the minute they've got a success, they know where it's going, they know how to deal with it, and it all happens for them. Great. But that's not the way I - well, I don't like to use the word 'operate'.

John Hurt

It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater.

It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater.

John Hurt

I love the uilleann pipes and listen to Ronan Browne who's an uilleann piper.

I love the uilleann pipes and listen to Ronan Browne who's an uilleann piper.

John Hurt

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

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

John Hurt

My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid of anyone who drinks for fear something like that might happen to her.

My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid of anyone who drinks for fear something like that might happen to her.

John Hurt

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.

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.

John Hurt

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