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I stopped asking a long time ago, why would you want me to play that? I'm an actor. That's what I do.

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John Hurt
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 22
Died: 2017
Died: January 27
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The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.
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If I hadn't been a part of [Harry Potter] I would have been deeply upset.
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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.
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Elephant Man [movie] was much more difficult physically. This had a couple of days. It was quite tricky. I had my leg strapped up behind me and I am a little older now. It was all marvelous, though. He [Bong Joon-ho] is one of the most fabulous directors in the world.
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