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David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

William Hurt

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William Hurt
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 20
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Washington
District of Columbia
William McChord Hurt
David
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You don't look at it as the size of the role. Quantity is not the point. You can be as thorough in 30 seconds as you can in three hours.
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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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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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Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
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The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.
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I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people
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The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity is just amazing, which I find to be fundamentally offensive as a human being.
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Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.
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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 very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision
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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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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 demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.
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I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process
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I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.
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The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright
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And I don't want to use my troubles as an example of what to do and what not to do.
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