John Hurt

If you do an interview in 1960, something it's bound to change by the year 2000. And if it doesn't, then there's something drastically wrong. ↗

— John Hurt

#change #drastically #interview #something #then

It would be difficult to have any unfulfilled ambitions because I don't have any ambitions. I've never been that kind of performer. ↗

— John Hurt

#because #been #difficult #i #kind

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

#competitive #fewer #get #greater #i

It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor. ↗

— John Hurt

#dangerous #distributor #films #find #go

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

#anyone #drank #drinks #father #fear

My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure. ↗

— John Hurt

#ask #far #felt #insecure #made

Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a still life or anything else is there: darkness and light, character dimension, texture. I painted heads too, of course. ↗

— John Hurt

#character #course #darkness #dimension #else

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

— John Hurt

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