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I have never worked with anyone who I hold in higher esteem than Chris Menges. He's an absolute, bona fide, authentic artist.

~William Hurt

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The thrill of acting is the discovery part, so it all changes, but it has to change in a way that fits what is written. You can't just wander off and get interested in your own tangent.

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Woody Allen asked me to improv once. I said no.

~William Hurt

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I'm not there to tailor the role to me: I'm there to tailor me to the role. That guarantees me something, a precious thing, which is creativity. I'm guaranteed that I will have a creative experience, because I will go to it, not demand that it comes to me.

~William Hurt

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I'm an actor. I play roles in films and theaters. I don't act out, and I don't play people.

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My first cousin, by the way, on my father's mother side was John Marshall Harlan, who was a Supreme Court justice, as was his grandson. And I think a lot of my fight and my work to struggle for fairness and the techniques of theater and in subject matter probably stems in some way from some sense I have of his issues in life.

~William Hurt

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I live in the county where my mother was born and buried.

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I grew up in the South Pacific. Basically, my brothers were Guamanian. I spoke words of Guamanian long before I spoke words of English, and so I've seen a lot. You know, I've traveled in places where people don't have the benefits of American life. And so I've seen a lot of stuff.

~William Hurt

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Post-adolescence reaches usually into the late 30s.

~William Hurt

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Where did I study? I went to P.S. 6. I went to Collegiate, Middlesex, Tufts, Juilliard.

~William Hurt

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: March 20th, 1950

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