List of William Hurt Quotes

The Art Is About Opening, It Is Not About Prejudice, It Is Not About Contempt Prior To Investigation. It's About Endlessly Trying To Keep From Having Contempt By Admitting That You Don't Know. Even If You Know A Lot Compared To Some Other People, Usually, I Think, The Honest Experience Would Be: "god, How Little I Know! And How Much I Need To Have Compassion For Myself And For Other People."

You Have To Create A Track Record Of Breaking Your Own Mold, Or At Least Other People's Idea Of That Mold.

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.

I Listen To Xm Radio Because I Can Get So Many Overseas News Stations.

It Just Seems Like That Because I Do A Lot Of Independent Films That Don't Get To The Mainstream.

If You're Lucky, And Not A Lot Of Actors Are These Days, You Get The Chance To Create A Character

I Need Six Weeks Of Rehearsal And Women Need Nine Months And It Took Me 15 Years To Figure That Out

I Want To Prove A Point. That Point Is, Actors Are Artists, Not Narcissists Necessarily.

People Who Have Expertise Or The Luck To Have Rehearsal Time With Cameras Have It Over People Who Don't.

I Demand Minimal For Paid Rehearsal And Not Always Six Weeks Either.

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.

I Am So Thrilled By The Privilege Of Life, And Yet At The Same Time I Know That I Have To Let It Go.