What I like about [Berthold] Brecht, it's very interesting. When Helene Weigel came over and somebody talked about … - John Hurt

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By bringing the voices of the ordinary people faced with extraordinary challenges to television screens around the world, I hope to affect change in one community at a time.

John Hurt

What I like about [Berthold] Brecht, it's very interesting. When Helene Weigel came over and somebody talked about Lotte Lenya and said "well, she wasn't alienating. " And Weigel said "No, no, no. Why, Lotte Lenya was so true - who cares?" She said: "Berti only developed the theory of alienation in order to stop bad acting. " I heard her say that. Now that's brilliant.

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