British - Actor | January 22, 1940 - January 25, 2017
Everybody, I think, that was in 'Harry Potter' was certainly introduced to an enormous lot of young people.
John Hurt
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I've done all sorts of children's things before, but none as big as 'Harry Potter.'
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I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought.
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I don't know whether I inspire anything in anyone.
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I've always felt, and I think I'm qualified to say so because I've won a few awards, that it's a terrible shame to put something in competition with something else to be able to sell something.
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I didn't consider myself to be pretty, not at all.
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I don't think you automatically become an enlightened person because you are a daddy. But they will change you, of course - their understanding of you puts you in a different place.
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Actors are not always the best judges. We have a peculiar idea of what we think we are, and sometimes it's best left to others to decide what we play.
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One thing that is likely to make you lose touch is if you keep in touch with the past too much.
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Things come in a quieter way to me. It's not laziness, and it's not diffidence. I just know how far you have to bend for work. That's important for me.
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I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've watched hugely ambitious people: the minute they've got a success, they know where it's going, they know how to deal with it, and it all happens for them. Great. But that's not the way I - well, I don't like to use the word 'operate'.
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The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.
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