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.

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

I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get suspicious when I read about actors spending six months in a clinic, say, in order to play someone who is sick.

I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get suspicious when I read about actors spending six months in a clinic, say, in order to play someone who is sick.

John Hurt

I can't say that I wouldn't prefer to make small films, basically because I think they are probably more interesting in terms of the material. But every now and again, it's quite good to do a big one.

I can't say that I wouldn't prefer to make small films, basically because I think they are probably more interesting in terms of the material. But every now and again, it's quite good to do a big one.

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 say you play a part, you don't work one.

I say you play a part, you don't work one.

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

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.

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.

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

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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