Sir John Hurt movie quotes

“You know I am not a religious man, but I believe this: if there is a wound, we must try to heal it. If there is someone whose pain we can cure, we must search till we find them. If the gods have chosen that we should survive, it will be for a reason.”

Sir John Hurt - Dr. Iannis

“There comes a time when it is psychologically impossible for a woman to lose her virginity - you can't wait too long, you know.”
Sir John Hurt - The Countess

“- Mrs. Kendal: Why, Mr. Merrick, you're not an elephant man at all.
- John Merrick: Oh no?
- Mrs. Kendal: Oh no... no... you're a Romeo.”
Anne Bancroft - Mrs. Kendal
Sir John Hurt - John Merrick

“- Winston Smith: I know you'll fail. Something in this world... some spirit you will never overcome...
- O'Brien: What is it, this principle?
- Winston Smith: I don't know. The spirit of man.”
Sir John Hurt - Winston Smith
Richard Burton - O'Brien

“- Jimmy Booth: The second way out, I need you guy's help, and that's under.
- Billy Hayes: You mean tunnel? Are you serious?
- Max: This is Shagmahr prison, not Stalag 17.
- Jimmy Booth: Well that's where you're wrong fuckface, because it's already built!”
Randy Quaid - Jimmy Booth
Brad Davis - Billy Hayes
Sir John Hurt - Max

“In the absence of light, darkness prevails. There are things that go bump in the night, Agent Myers. Make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back.”
Sir John Hurt - Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

“He realized that all his life he had been a nobody to everyone. What he now felt was the fear of his own oblivion. It was as though he did not exist.”

Sir John Hurt - Narrator

“- Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm: Tom, he's our guest, not a prisoner!
- Tom Manning: Yeah, well, your guest happens to be six-foot five, bright red, has a tail, and is government funded.”

Sir John Hurt - Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Jeffrey Tambor - Tom Manning

“It's not the size of your wingspan that counts. It's the size of your spirit!”
Sir John Hurt - Felix

“- Barbara: I spend all my time fending off guys like you.
- Bob Champion: I'm glad you made an exception.”
Kirstie Alley - Barbara
Sir John Hurt - Bob Champion

“One must never underestimate the healing power of hatred.”
Sir John Hurt - Montrose

“- Max: The best thing to do is to get your ass out of here. Best way that you can.
- Billy Hayes: Yeah, but how?
- Max: Catch the midnight express.
- Billy Hayes: But what's that?
- Max: Well it's not a train. It's a prison word for... escape. But it doesn't stop around here.”
Sir John Hurt - Max
Brad Davis - Billy Hayes

“If you love your wife, my advice is be nice to her. Bring in the wood before she asks you for it. If she is cold, then put a shawl around her shoulders. And bring her a flower every time you come back from the field.”
Sir John Hurt - Dr. Iannis

She said, "Two dollars," so I went with her. She had a young face, painted very thick. It was really was the paint that appealed to me: white like a mask, and bright red lips. There were no preliminaries. Standing there with the smell of dead insects and cheap perfume, I went and did it just the same.

Sir John Hurt - Winston Smith

“All Russians are spies, it's how they're brought up.”
Sir John Hurt - Stephen Ward

“If there is hope, it lies in the proles. If they could become conscious of their own strength, they would have no need to conspire. History does not matter to them.”

Sir John Hurt - Winston Smith

“Thoughtcrime is death. Thoughtcrime does not entail death. Thoughtcrime is death. I have committed even before setting pen to paper the essential crime that contains all others unto itself.”

Sir John Hurt - Winston Smith

“Sometimes it is better to lose than to have so much blood on your hands.”
Sir John Hurt - Dr. Iannis

“People are frightened by what they don't understand.”
Sir John Hurt - John Merrick

“Rasputin is back for him. What I'm asking you is to have the courage to stand by him when I am gone. He was born a demon, we can't change that. But you will help him, in essence, to become a man.”

Sir John Hurt - Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

“- Capt. MacCandless: Get out of my office before I arrest you.
- Villano: You'd need a presidential order to arrest me.
- Capt. MacCandless: I don't give a damn if you're personally giving the president head! Get the fuck out of my office!”
Louis Gossett Jr. - Capt. MacCandless
Sir John Hurt - Villano

“- Winston Smith: Look, I hate purity. Hate goodness. I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone corrupt.
- Julia: Well, I ought to suit you, then. I'm corrupt to the core.”
Sir John Hurt - Winston Smith
Suzanna Hamilton - Julia

“- Montrose: You honor me, sir, to serve me with your own hand.
- Duke of Argyll: I tell you, James, I forget how much you dislike me until I'm in your presence.”

Sir John Hurt - Montrose
Andrew Keir - Argyll

“- O'Brien: Smith? I have been reading your Newspeak articles in the Times.
- Winston Smith: Yes?
- O'Brien: You write it very elegantly. That is not my own opinion - I was recently talking to a friend of yours who is an expert.”
Richard Burton - O'Brien
Sir John Hurt - Winston Smith

“There are different sorts of courage. Fighting is the lion's courage, but running is the courage of a horse. Running and jumping. A horse will do anything for you, if he's genuine and he loves you.”
Sir John Hurt - Bob Champion