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William Hurt Biography

William McChord Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut in 1980 as a troubled scientist in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature Altered States, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. He subsequently played a leading role, as a lawyer who succumbs to the temptations of Kathleen Turner, in the neo-noir Body Heat (1981). He played another leading role, as Arkady Renko, in Gorky Park (1983).

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I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision

Balance, Decision, Prefer, Scene, Standing

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.

Direct, Gena, Long, Running, Want

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

Cameras, Expertise, Luck, People, Rehearsal

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

Demand, Minimal, Paid, Rehearsal, Six, Weeks

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.

Astounding, Existence, Fact, Facts, Simple

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go.

Know, Knows, Let It Go, Privilege, Same, Thrilled

When I look at a person, or a character, it is in every case the beginning of an endless journey. And I don't suppose I know where that starts. I know that I have to, like every other person, make decisions and have opinions. But I'm real careful to not judge crassly or cheaply someone else's life.

Character, Journey, Person, Real

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

America, Challenges, Challenging, Delighted, Good, Toronto

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

Courage, Firefighter, Guy, Hero, Take, Took

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

Frustrating, Improvement, Lack, Movies

The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright

Energy, Stage, Technique, Unblock, Undo

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

Actors, Artist, Artists, David, Knows

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

Film, Films, Independent, Like, Mainstream

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

Boyfriend, Dad, Father, Friend, Hurt, Make

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

Done, Perfection, Theater

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.

Being Happy, Best Work, Committed, Happy, Know

I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out

Months, Needs, Nine, Rehearsal, Weeks, Years

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.

Amazed, Know, Knows, Live

But it's also another myth to think that you should be as tight as a drum and not have any frailties or fragilities.

Fragilities, Fragility, Frailties, Should, Thinking, Tight

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

Actors, Artist, Narcissists, Point, Prove, Want

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