Quotes from John Hurt

People say you never retire in this [film] business and I say, well, not until they retire you.

It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater.

I seem to watch less and less television. The best thing in 'Downton Abbey' is Penelope Wilton. She is always worth the watch.

I'm not accustomed to doing films without seeing the script.

Human beings are very good at adapting to what happens.

We're all just passing time and occupy our chair very briefly.

I'd never done any Beckett before 'Krapp,' and I haven't done any of his other plays since. I've always felt that 'Krapp' is an autobiographical piece.

I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word.

I've lived publicly and never hidden behind closed doors. Therefore, if I have gone over the top sometimes, it has been visible.

I was completely crazy and mad when I was young. I was absolutely in love with the dissolute.