I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

Quote by William Hurt

Topics: William Hurt Quotes

I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when...

I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when...

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm...

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm...

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

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

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

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

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you...

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you...

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it...

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it...

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how...

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how...

I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in...

I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in...

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the...

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the...

The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going...

The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going...

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it...

I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it...

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the...

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the...

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least...

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least...

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time...

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time...