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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
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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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'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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The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright
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The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.
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Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
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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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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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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 was a science fiction junkie for a long time.
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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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I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people
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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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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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It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it.
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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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Also CSPAN is really the great treasure of the media as far as getting information.
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People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.
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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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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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