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I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people
William Hurt
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William Hurt
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 20
Film Actor
Film Producer
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William McChord Hurt
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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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I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision
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I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.
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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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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'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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Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure
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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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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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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 just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die.
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The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done
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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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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 listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.
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Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
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All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.
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The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.
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