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Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.
William Hurt
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William Hurt
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 20
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William McChord Hurt
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When I look at a person, or a character, it is in every case the beginning of an endless journey. And I don't suppose I know where that starts. I know that I have to, like every other person, make decisions and have opinions. But I'm real careful to not judge crassly or cheaply someone else's life.
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I'm not comfortable with walking the red carpet in a tuxedo and seeing all the women with their boobs pushed up and all the men dressed as penguins - particularly when the subject of your film is the nature of violence and humanity.
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I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.
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Also CSPAN is really the great treasure of the media as far as getting information.
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The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.
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I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision
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If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character
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I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go.
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I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out
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Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure
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The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done
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I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die.
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You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.
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I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.
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It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.
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What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.
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Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
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I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process
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David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.
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