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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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William Hurt
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 20
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Washington
District of Columbia
William McChord Hurt
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The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done
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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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Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure
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I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.
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I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.
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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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What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.
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I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.
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I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people
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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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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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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'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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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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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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