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Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.
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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The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware this to me is the most astounding fact.
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I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people
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But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all.
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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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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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Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
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I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it with me a long time ago. It's about an older woman who's running a ranch in the west the old fashioned way.
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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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Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard.
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I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process
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But it's also another myth to think that you should be as tight as a drum and not have any frailties or fragilities.
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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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What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.
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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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I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.
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I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging
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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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