12 Quotes & Sayings By William Hurt

William Hurt was born on June 30, 1955 in Mobile, Alabama, and grew up in Huntsville. He spent his childhood outside of Birmingham, Alabama, where his family ran a hardware store. He attended the Hunstville City Schools and received his degree from Samford University in 1976. After graduation he traveled to New York City where he studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts Read more

During that time he appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway and participated in many national acts and started to become more nationally recognized for his work. In 1983 he received an Emmy Nomination and won a Golden Globe for his performance as a sadistic hotel manager in "Mannequin". In 1988 he was nominated again for an Emmy Award as Arthur Kade in "The Accidental Tourist".

In 1990 he played a role as a pedophile priest in "Priest" and again won a Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actor for this performance as well. In 1991 he gained another Golden Globe nomination as a television producer with "The Burning Season" which he also co-wrote. In 1992 he was nominated again for a Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actor in "The Young Poisoner's Handbook".

That same year he also played a role as a paramedic with the critically acclaimed film "In the Line of Fire". In 1993 William won another Golden Globe nomination as Best Supporting Actor with his work in "In the Line of Fire". In 1994 William received another nomination from the Golden Globes for Best Supporting actor with his work in "Gattaca".

In 1995 William received another nomination from the Golden Globes for Best Supporting actor with his work in "Gattaca". In 1996 William received another nomination from the Golden Globes for Best Supporting actor with his work in "Gattaca". In 1997 William received another nomination from the Golden Globes for Best Supporting actor with his work in "Gattaca".

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The enemies of acting are mood and attitude and other general homogenized disruptive entities. Whereas acting is about action - doing - and unless you can figure out a way to craft in an imaginative reality to which you don't submit, you're going to be out of control. You'll flip out. The job is to be surprised. William Hurt
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Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure. William Hurt
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Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. William Hurt
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I am not a famous person at home - I'm just a guy here. I'm a father, I'm a companion, I'm a human being. I am not a public figure in my house; I am not a celebrity. I am not a famous person to myself - I am just a guy. William Hurt
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But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all. William Hurt
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Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study. William Hurt
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Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. William Hurt
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The achievement is appreciation. Your ability to be surprised and awed by beauty! William Hurt
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The problem with Google is you have 360 degrees of omnidirectional information on a linear basis, but the algorithms for irony and ambiguity are not there. And those are the algorithms of wisdom. William Hurt
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The irony is that the more specific you are in the portrayal of character, the more like other people you are. In the same way, the more you think about how alone you are in this life, you realise how much a brother and sister everyone else is. William Hurt
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Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful. William Hurt