191 Quotes by John Hurt

I've never changed the way I live. I still walk the streets; I don't give a damn. And everyone's very nice to me. But this new idea of being famous for no reason at all? I can't actually get my head round it.

Early on, I didn't intend to have children. I thought it was too difficult a world for them. But then it happened, and I am thrilled to have them now.

Not everyone wants to see children's films, comics, and supermen.

I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character.

I've never felt that anger is a very powerful emotion.

I don't like it when people shout on stage without any particular reason. It carries no weight.

I'd never done any Beckett before 'Krapp,' and I haven't done any of his other plays since. I've always felt that 'Krapp' is an autobiographical piece.

I have died in so many spectacular ways, and I remember shooting them all, too. I imagine all those deaths will flash in front of me when I'm on my death bed, faced with the real thing.

My surname certainly suggests a man whose destiny has always been injury.