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" I don't want my children to have to wade through the crap to get to the cream, you know. I want them to be aware that I struggled to live with and tell my truth, and that it was a decent thing. "

William Hurt

Know

Live

Truth

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" What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement. "

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" The point is that there are challenges within techniques. When you differentiate in technique, you challenge yourself; you ask yourself the same question in a new way. "

" Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. "

William Hurt

Famous

Feel

" Celebrity is a pathological sickness of the culture. Narcissists on screen being consumed by narcissists off-screen. "

" The irony is that the more specific you are in the portrayal of character, the more like other people you are. In the same way, the more you think about how alone you are in this life, you realise how much a brother and sister everyone else is. "

" The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done. "

" When you are a kid, you are beset by fears, and you think, 'I'll solve the fear by living forever and becoming a movie star.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I live in the county where my mother was born and buried. "

" If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character. "

" Post-adolescence reaches usually into the late 30s. "

William Hurt

Late

" I'm not there to tailor the role to me: I'm there to tailor me to the role. That guarantees me something, a precious thing, which is creativity. I'm guaranteed that I will have a creative experience, because I will go to it, not demand that it comes to me. "

William Hurt

Creativity

Creative

" I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process. "

" I don't have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage. "

" I have never worked with anyone who I hold in higher esteem than Chris Menges. He's an absolute, bona fide, authentic artist. "

" I'm never happier than when I'm with my family. "

" The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going somewhere the director is not. "

" I don't put the truth in a cage. I try to find a way to release it. "

" I am not a famous person at home - I'm just a guy here. I'm a father, I'm a companion, I'm a human being. I am not a public figure in my house; I am not a celebrity. I am not a famous person to myself - I am just a guy. "

" You can only sit on the frustration of wanting to express something for so long. "

" I was a science fiction junkie for a long time. "

" Fame... it's been a challenge, let's put it that way. It's a privilege and a responsibility, and I'm not sure I carried the responsibility well at times, which is embarrassing. And I've had to look and be disappointed in myself occasionally for how I behaved in some circumstances. "

" I'm not going to party. I'm going to go do something that will make me break a sweat. "

William Hurt

Going

" I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die. "