John Hurt Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Film is not literature - the image on screen is the information you get.”

“I like the physical activity of gardening. It's kind of thrilling. I do a lot of weeding.”

“I was completely crazy and mad when I was young. I was absolutely in love with the dissolute.”