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" I live in the county where my mother was born and buried. "
William Hurt
Mother
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" I didn't study interviews. I studied acting. "
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" 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. "
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" I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations. "
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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. "
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" Where did I study? I went to P.S. 6. I went to Collegiate, Middlesex, Tufts, Juilliard. "
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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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" I'm coming from the notion that acting is an art. It is not a business. It is about building characters, not about selling personalities. "
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" The problem with Google is you have 360 degrees of omnidirectional information on a linear basis, but the algorithms for irony and ambiguity are not there. And those are the algorithms of wisdom. "
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" Play is play, fun is fun, and work is work. They're different. I work hard; even if it's supposed to be fun for someone else, it's work for me. "
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" Post-adolescence reaches usually into the late 30s. "
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" I'm not going to party. I'm going to go do something that will make me break a sweat. "
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" Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful. "
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" Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study. "
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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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" We'd like to prearrange our life on all levels. We'd prefer it to be scripted. But it's not. "
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" We get so intellectual that we forget that we're physical creatures. "
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" 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. "
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" Every single second of extra time to work with other actors has definitely always, for me, paid off for the film. For the project. Every single extra heartbeat you could get, mutually considering the scene, was of benefit. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" The funnel of deep feeling and profound satisfaction in life comes from the capacity to feel. "
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" Defeating fear is not a light switch. For most of us, it's daily work. "
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" Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. "
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" I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out. "
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" I generally try to think of what it is I want to express and then find a way of expressing it. "
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" 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.' "
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