With [Fred] Zinnemann I did A Man For All Seasons. He was my screen godfather. I'm happy to say he was.
John HurtThe image onscreen takes you forward, it's the driving force of the piece and it's also the information that you're given.
John HurtI'd say the film to avoid is a director's second film, particularly if his first film was a big success. The second film is where you've really needed to have learned something.
John HurtBy the very nature of being a clergyman's son, people tend to put you slightly apart, which is - you tend to live a life, at some stages, as being - people being suspicious of you and puts you rather on a - I don't mean lonely, particularly. But it does tend to put you apart.
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