The best Quotes by John Hurt

The best Quotes by John Hurt

Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. He played in A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), I, Claudius (1976), Midnight Express (1978), The Elephant Man (1980), Alien (1979), Heaven's Gate (1980) and many other movies.

If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a film, theatre doesn't cross my mind.
Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.
My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.
I never quite understand why we watch the news. There doesn't really seem much point watching somebody tell you what the news is when you could quite easily listen to it on the radio.
I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit.

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The Wok.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.
During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
For 45 years I've worked without an audience.
I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.
My parents were my worst audience.
I think a night like tonight shows a lot of young girls and young boys that if you can shoot you can shoot. It doesn't matter if you're a girl or a boy, I think it just matters the heart that you have and wanting to be the best that you can be.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2024
I'm looking to do everything that I possibly can to get better in every aspect, whether that's scoring, defending, rebounding, passing, i'm really just excited to be playing against professionals and learning from them and just seeing where that takes me.
Sky is the limit for her and what she can do on the court, in terms of her impact in the game but also the court as well... It's been fun to watch her journey.
Stephen Curry - February 2024
I grew up watching Kobe Bryant game after game, ring after ring, living his greatness without apology.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2020
May their light forever shine. Kobe, Gigi, I love you forever. Thank you.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2020
Growing up, I only knew one way to play the game of basketball: fierce, with obsessive focus. I was unapologetically competitive. I wanted to be the best. I loved the work, even when it was hard, especially if it was hard.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2020
There's a lot of players who, especially today, do all of these fancy ball handling drills and work on using a million different moves, none of which they'll be able to actually do in a game. It was refreshing to watch Sabrina play, who just thought the game at a different level.
Kobe Bryant - January 2020
Beer can be stronger than in the UK, so drink responsibly, know your limits and respect local laws.
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Everyone looks cool in the '90s.
When I'm on set, I'm 100 percent comfortable, but at events and photo shoots, I'm beyond nervous.
Serena and Blair from "Gossip Girl" got to wear such awesome outfits, and being on a show like that, where you're getting to wear incredible designers all the time, would be a lot of fun.
Working with Amy Adams was amazing. I've always looked up to her as an actor and as a role model, so being able to be on set with her was completely beyond anything I could ever imagine.
I was on the math team, and I was on the soccer team.
On "Euphoria", it's so fun because we're all the same age, so being able to hang out and go out together and go to different events together has been so fun compared to always being the youngest on set, which was really fun, but it's like, you're going to go home to your husband or wife, and I'm going to go home to my dog.
My family collects vintage pinball machines, so I have a few in my apartment.
This industry is a business - I'm a business myself, and I want to be able to run my own business.
I have a new movie coming out, it's called Madame Web. It is in the Marvel Universe and it also stars Sydney Sweeney. So it's kind of like if AI generated your boyfriend's perfect movie.
Dakota Johnson - January 2024
I've seen 4 % of Marvel movies. Which is, like, 15 minutes of one.
I don't have any problem doing anything. The secret is I have no shame.
I think there's a part of a woman that wants to be the thing that breaks a man down.
I had to be physically and emotionally naked, show both my body and soul. I felt emotionally vulnerable and physically exposed, it was a hard choice to make but I was intrigued since the beginning. I think that...the things that scare you the most are the ones you gotta do.
I love that I'm alone all the time. I love sleeping next to no one. I really don't like solitude.
I was attracted to the positive outlook on women especially exploring relationships with different people and being confident and comfortable and strong. That was the kind of thing that was appealing to me, because that's what's real, and that's honest, and it's nothing to be ashamed of. That's what single women do.
Being single also sucks sometimes because you're single.
I felt so much when I was fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, I felt everything. I didn't understand [myself], I was so happy yet so angry and sad. That was the point when I realized that I needed to tell stories and make characters come alive and I needed to make people cry, and make people angry, and make people happy, and make them laugh.
I think the sexiest thing is a hat. It's very sexy!
I avoid social networks and I try to live a very normal, simple life. I love spending time and hang out with my friends any time I can.
Some people will like it Fifty Shades of Grey and some won't. I have other movies coming up, this is not what my whole life turns around.
I think people, especially the press, like to pick on children of famous people and I think that's f*cking awful. Things get made up. It's so, so sad. And there's absolutely nothing you can do about it as a 16-year-old. You're like, Why? What did I do?
There are some days when I can do my thing and be in the world and walk around, and it's fine. And then there are other days where it's totally not fine, and I want to crawl into a hole and die. And it's the most invasive and worst.
If it doesn't have sex scenes in it, I won't do it.
I still feel like I don't know what I'm doing. Like, I'm unsure of what my life will be like. I mean, I have such an obsession with making movies that I probably will always do that. But sometimes my life can feel so suffocating, and then it can feel so massive, like I don't have a handle on it at all, and I don't know where it's going or what I'm going to do. Right now, I'm known for making movies. And I wonder if that's it. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it to me.
I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young.
I've only been in long-term relationships. I've never really dated myself.

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