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 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 realizingtunnelslight 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-worriesworrydirectors 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 weaknesscuttinghumans Anything which retains interest is optimistic. When the characters become disinterested, it's pessimistic. Does that make sense? John Hurt optimisticdoecharacter 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 cowboypartyacting 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 testedrelieffeels 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 newsradiowatches 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 disciplineselfjobs 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 filmacceptingpeople 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-betterinteresttrying Some directors involve waiting, and if you want to work with that particular director you're going to have to hang around. John Hurt waitingwantdirectors 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 actingchoicesthinking 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 longyearsthinking 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 actingimaginationtrying 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-beplaythinking 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 coupleseabeautiful People say you never retire in this [film] business and I say, well, not until they retire you. John Hurt retiringfilmpeople 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 makeupindependentrunning 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 independentshould-havematter The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department. John Hurt clergyactorsdifferent
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