People say you never retire in this [film] business and I say, well, not until they retire you.
John HurtThere are certain people that when they ask you to do a film, you just say, "Where and when?"
John HurtI love working with Lars [von Trier]! I've worked with him three times. I did the narration of Dogville and Manderlay.
John HurtI find myself more interested in producing. Not because I'm interested in the financial side of it, but just getting together the right elements to make a film, that side of production. I would not be good on the financial side. It would be a disaster from the beginning.
John HurtI think [ Lars Von Trier] is a fantastic filmmaker. No question. You've got to be ready for him. He's sharp and he's got a sharp tongue and I love that. He doesn't mind it back.
John HurtI think I'd rather do [acting] in the real place. It requires different things, working with green screen, but its an imaginative exercise anyway, the whole business of acting, so it just gives you a bit more to feed the imagination. Unless it's really silly, just two of you stuck in a space with nothing but green screen that's got to be pretty difficult.
John Hurt