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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.

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
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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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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.
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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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