John Hurt Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Really, I'm only alive out of curiosity. I'm very curious about where we're all marching.”

“The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.”

“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.”

“I first decided that I wanted to act when I was 9. And I was at a very bizarre prep school at the time; to say 'high Anglo-Catholic' would be a real English understatement.”

“I think love can be really tough. Because it involves ultimately an honesty to the nth degree that you are capable of. Once said, you've lost your deposit. It's best if you don't say it.”

“Religious people know deep down that that is the most vulnerable area of their lives, and when others question it, they are liable to hit out and feel insulted. You know it is absolutely without proof, yet people still commit themselves totally to this belief. They cannot refute it because it is so central to their lives.”

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

“I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films.”

“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.”

“If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a film, theatre doesn't cross my mind.”