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Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. ↗

— William Hurt

#basis #become #calculated #courage #guys

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily. ↗

— William Hurt

#i #necessarily #point #prove #want

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go. ↗

— William Hurt

#go #i #i am #know #life

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either. ↗

— William Hurt

#demand #either #i #minimal #paid

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process. ↗

— William Hurt

#acting #creative #creative process #i #i love

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard. ↗

— William Hurt

#always #arbitrary #capricious #gently #get

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision. ↗

— William Hurt

#decision #i #make #much #out

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream. ↗

— William Hurt

#films #get #i #i do #independent

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure. ↗

— William Hurt

#failure #i #make #me #people

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done. ↗

— William Hurt

#over #perfection #second #theater