When you're really working well with a director then you can be as outrageous as you like and so can he. And there's no worry about it.
John HurtThe first film is everything you want to say and how you want to say it. Lots of directors will do that and do it really well, but the second film is not so easy.
John HurtI often say, with something like 'The Elephant Man,' had it been an American series for television, where you have to sign your life away for seven years...well, maybe I would never have made 'Sailcloth.'
John Hurt