"I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily"

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Source : Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, suicidegirls.com. September 18, 2005.

William Hurt

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“What I think about is what people spend their time on this planet doing. So No.1 is sleep, No.2 is work, and No.3 is sight, sound, and motion video consumption. Basically, four to five hours a day is what Americans spend consuming video.”
“I'm a terrible interviewer. I'm not a journalist - although I have a Peabody Award - and I'm not really a late-night host. What I am is honest.”
“Every hundred feet the world changes”
“Iâ€™d like to be the kind of actor who is remembered for my character. You know how there are cases where even when you watch all the way through the end of a drama, you remember the actorâ€™s name, not the characterâ€™s. I want my characterâ€™s name to be more remembered than mine.”
“Practice is not a matter of years and months. It is a matter of concentration.”
“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”

Source : 'Fables' bk. 8 (1678-9) 'La Mort et le Mourant'.
“Thai food ain't about simplicity. It's about the juggling of disparate elements to create a harmonious finish. Like a complex musical chord it's got to have a smooth surface but it doesn't matter what's happening underneath. Simplicity isn't the dictum here, at all. Some westerners think it's a jumble of flavours, but to a Thai that's important, it's the complexity they delight in.”
“Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.”

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