My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.

Quote by John Hurt

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As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.

As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.

It would be difficult to have any unfulfilled ambitions because I don't have any ambitions....

It would be difficult to have any unfulfilled ambitions because I don't have any ambitions....

Also the wonderful thing about film, you can see light at the end of the...

Also the wonderful thing about film, you can see light at the end of the...

I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some...

I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some...

I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get...

I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get...

I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and...

I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and...

It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the...

It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the...

It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not...

It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not...

I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it...

I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it...

I never quite understand why we watch the news. There doesn't really seem much point...

I never quite understand why we watch the news. There doesn't really seem much point...

I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite...

I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite...

If you do an interview in 1960, something it's bound to change by the year...

If you do an interview in 1960, something it's bound to change by the year...

Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a...

Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a...

If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a...

If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a...

I mark a script like an exam, and I try not to do anything under...

I mark a script like an exam, and I try not to do anything under...

Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence...

Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence...

I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just...

I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just...

My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think...

My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think...