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" I grew up in the South Pacific. Basically, my brothers were Guamanian. I spoke words of Guamanian long before I spoke words of English, and so I've seen a lot. You know, I've traveled in places where people don't have the benefits of American life. And so I've seen a lot of stuff. "

William Hurt

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" I am constantly asked, 'What's the difference between acting in the theater and acting in film?' The only answer I can give is the space - you adapt to the space. But acting is acting. "

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

" I haven't planned a reaction on anything... If you do, you've screwed up. "

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" It's been a long comeback. Things were pretty dark for me. But I have a faith now, and it saves my day. I was angry with God for a long time because I was unhappy with me. I hadn't learned to make the distinction between God and my parents. But there's a peace now. In the end, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired. "

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

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Going

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

" Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful. "

" I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night. "

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" Defeating fear is not a light switch. For most of us, it's daily work. "

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Fear

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" You get older, and people start passing away. And so if you're lucky - my mom died very young, for instance, and I have friends who died very young - but the point being that, I think if you're awake, you know you're going to pass on. And that the real treasure in life is the long term - relationships that you really value. "

" 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. "

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

" If you don't exercise, you don't stay strong. I like to work with talented people. "

" 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. "

" Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study. "

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

" I've made a couple of films that were a little too wide and non-specific - like 'The Doctor.' "

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" The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. 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. "

" People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't. "

" Rage with panache. "

William Hurt

Rage

" I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it with me a long time ago. It's about an older woman who's running a ranch in the west the old fashioned way. "

" There's fear or faith. If you're living by fear, then you're always looking for security. If you're living by faith, then you're always looking for freedom. "

" 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. "

" I have a way of synthesizing. That's what I would encourage any young person to do: take in the ideas, the conflicts, and the world. Watch and listen and live before you go public. "

" I had great qualms about playing a man who was living. I've never met Walt McCandless, and I never will. "

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