[Alfred] Hitchcock was very interested in the image on the screen.As is any good cinema director. That is the language they speak. It is not literature, it is images on screen. John Hurt More Quotes by John Hurt More Quotes From John Hurt Also the wonderful thing about film, you can see light at the end of the tunnel. You did realize that it is going to come to an end at some stage. John Hurt realizing tunnels light When you're really working well with a director then you can be as outrageous as you like and so can he. And there's no worry about it. John Hurt no-worries worry directors You have to learn to cut your cloth accordingly. But it seems to be a human weakness. Once you start making a lot of money, you just join in with everyone else. It's like the banks, and we've seen what happens there. John Hurt weakness cutting humans Anything which retains interest is optimistic. When the characters become disinterested, it's pessimistic. Does that make sense? John Hurt optimistic doe character 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 cowboy party acting It's a great relief to feel that you're working with someone rather than for someone. You don't feel that you're being tested, as it were. John Hurt tested relief feels 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 news radio watches The most difficult thing about painting is the self-discipline. When I finish a job, I give myself a few days, but then I have to discipline myself quite fiercely if I want to do some painting that's worthwhile. Otherwise, you're just doodling. It's much easier when you're just told what you have to do. John Hurt discipline self jobs I'm not accustomed to doing films without seeing the script. There are certain people that are auteurs, and you accept them regardless of whether you see a script or not. But Spielberg is not an auteur. John Hurt film accepting people I do what interests me when I'm invited and do it as well as I know how and try to get better. That's all. John Hurt get-better interest trying Some directors involve waiting, and if you want to work with that particular director you're going to have to hang around. John Hurt waiting want directors There is always a better choice that you were unable to quite touch with a single stroke. Even in acting, there comes a point, like a painting, where you have to say, "That's it. I can't go any further with it." And sometimes, you say, "I'm really pleased that that's where it's finished up." Other times, you think, "I don't think I really quite got there, but I haven't got time to go any further." Rather reluctantly, you have to say "That's it." John Hurt acting choices thinking Films don't take as long as people think. 'Harry Potter,' people always used to say, 'Well, my God, do you ever get any time to yourself?' I think I did, in 'Harry Potter,' over a 12 year period I did five days. So it's not exactly exhausting. John Hurt long years thinking Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances. And it's being able - I can't tell you how one does, but one tries to read those circumstances correctly. John Hurt acting imagination trying I think it would be very difficult to play somebody if they didn't think they had any virtues or redeeming characteristics. John Hurt would-be play thinking We shot ['Sailcloth'] five days down in Cornwall, and you couldn't have asked for a more beautiful place. It was a couple of tough days at sea, but when I say tough it was still enjoyable. John Hurt couple sea beautiful People say you never retire in this [film] business and I say, well, not until they retire you. John Hurt retiring film people If you've got a great crew it's intense, but its quite short. 'The Elephant Man' was longer than most, for an independent film. That was a 14 week film. But it was because of the intrinsic difficulties. We had to invent a different way of filming, because the makeup was so long. A working day for me with a full makeup on was nineteen hours. So obviously you couldn't do that twice running. John Hurt makeup independent running I've spent a great deal of my life doing independent film, and that is partly because the subject matter interests me and partly because that is the basis of the film industry. That's where the film-makers come from, it's where they start and sometimes its where they should have stayed. John Hurt independent should-have matter The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department. John Hurt clergy actors different
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