Quotes from William Hurt

I don't have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage.

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity is just amazing which I find to be fundamentally offensive as a human being.

My greatest offering is my concept. It isn't my face.

It's been a long comeback. Things were pretty dark for me. But I have a faith now, and it saves my day. I was angry with God for a long time because I was unhappy with me. I hadn't learned to make the distinction between God and my parents. But there's a peace now. In the end, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired.

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard.

I didn't study interviews. I studied acting.

I am constantly asked, 'What's the difference between acting in the theater and acting in film?' The only answer I can give is the space - you adapt to the space. But acting is acting.

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character

The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.

I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die.

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.