William Hurt Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1950

Topics

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A lot of movies are made, but because they come to film festivals and your movie doesn't get bought by a studio or a distributor, your movie doesn't get seen.

Michael Angarano

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I hope to one day co-sign a lease with another person but, well, it doesn't plague me that I have yet to do so. Put it this way: I've never had to violently tug at my own pillow at 2 A.M. to get myself to stop snoring.

Sloane Crosley

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For readers of color, and especially black readers, black girls, I just want them to feel seen. And not just seen - I want them to feel epic and know that they are epic.

Tomi Adeyemi

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An average show is two hours. And that's usually right up to the curfew or the union triple time. I always feel like I could have played a little longer or something, but it's hard for me to pay attention to anything for longer than that.

Tom Petty

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I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.

Mason Cooley

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I'd promised my parents that I'd go to college, take the time to grow up a bit, and experience something different before really pursuing music.

Rotimi

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One of the most fun and interesting things about YC is that we are kind of a startup ourselves. We are constantly changing and evolving what we do.

Michael Seibel

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I was a really bad teenager and I got my tongue pierced. I don't even remember where I did it, but it was under very surreptitious circumstances.

Lucy Alibar

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I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

Josh Radnor

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All my brothers have my father's voice.

Dennis Haysbert

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I always get offered the pretty, popular girl roles, but I want to do something dark, really challenge myself and get out of my comfort level.

Ashley Benson

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It seems extraordinary to have waited so long into one's life to have found the part that actually uses your basic rhythm. And I think that's always sort of what actors connect up with - their own sort of world.

Susan Sullivan

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