John Hurt Quotes
The difference between anger and deep remorse - remorse is much fatter. It's a deeper feeling altogether. Anger is too easy an escape for my money.
Hurt, John. "This much I know." Interview by Ryan Gilbey. The Guardian, 24 Apr. 2011.
After leading the Congress Party to a stunning upset victory in the National elections of 2004, she was expected to become the Prime Minister as party leaders usually do. However, she remained as Party Leader but declined to serve as Prime Minister. Her husband and mother-in-law had both been assassinated while they were Prime Ministers, and she, being born in Italy, particularly irked the most conservative, nationalist element who had been responsible for the two previous assassinations.
Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. He came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – winning his first BAFTA for the latter. He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Hurt's performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), yielded a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest. It has been named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history.
