John Hurt

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. ↗

— John Hurt

#also #come #did #end #end of the tunnel

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

— John Hurt

#die #enough #forgotten #said #well

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

#am #be-all #being #believer #clinic

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

— John Hurt

#film #i #lots #memories #say

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

— John Hurt

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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 quite easily listen to it on the radio. ↗

— John Hurt

#easily #i #listen #much #never

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 sorry to tell you I can't describe. ↗

— John Hurt

#describe #everything #ferment #going #happens

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. ↗

— John Hurt

#almost #anderson #cowboys #fit #had

I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films. ↗

— John Hurt

#big #every #films #finance #get

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

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