William Hurt movie quotes

“- June Ellis: My tumor, I see it giving me certain freedoms I never allowed myself.
- Dr. Jack MacKee: Like being incredibly hostile?
- June Ellis: Like being honest and expecting people around me to do the same.”

Elizabeth Perkins - June Ellis
William Hurt - Dr. Jack MacKee

- Rochester: So you and I must say goodbye?
- Jane Eyre: Yes, sir.
- Rochester: And how does one perform that ceremony? Teach me, I am not quite up to it.
- Jane Eyre: They say "farewell" or any other form they prefer.
- Rochester: Farewell, Miss Eyre. At the present. Is that all?
- Jane Eyre: Yes, sir.
- Rochester: Then we shake hands.
William Hurt - Rochester
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Jane Eyre

- Valentin Arregui: You only know the reality that was stuck up your ass!
- Luis Molina: Why should I think about reality in this stink hole? That's like "Why should I get more depressed that I already am?".
- Valentin Arregui: You're worse than I thought! Do you use these movies to jerk yourself off?

Raul Julia - Valentin Arregui
William Hurt - Luis Molina

“- William Kirwill: You know what a born-again Christian is, Renko?
- Arkady Renko: No.
- William Kirwill: Born-again Christians. They don't smoke, they don't swear, they don't fuck, all they do is talk about Jesus, try to walk on the goddamn water.”
Brian Dennehy - William Kirwill
William Hurt - Arkady Renko

“Memory is energy! It doesn't disappear - it's still in there. There's a physiological pathway to our earlier consciousnesses. There has to be; and I'm telling you it's in the goddamned limbic system.”
William Hurt - Eddie Jessup

“- Doyle's Sponsor: What happened in court today?
- Doyle Gipson: I'm in a bar. What does that tell you?
- Doyle's Sponsor: It tells me that you're really angry. And that anger has gotten you into the one place in the world you shouldn't be.”
William Hurt - Doyle's Sponsor
Samuel L. Jackson - Doyle Gipson

“Always bring a book as protection against strangers. Magazines don't last and newspapers from elsewhere remind you, you don't belong. But, don't take more than one book. It is a common mistake to overestimate ones potential free time and consequently overpack. In travel, as in most of life, less is invariably more. And most importantly, never...” (continue)(continue reading)

William Hurt - Macon

- Valentin Arregui: Stop crying! You sound just like an old woman!
- Luis Molina: It's what I am! It's what I am!
- Valentin Arregui: What's this between your legs, huh? Tell me, "lady"!
- Luis Molina: It's an accident. If I had the courage, I'd cut it off.
- Valentin Arregui: You'd still be a man! A man! A man in prison! Just like the faggots... (continue)(continue reading)
Raul Julia - Valentin Arregui
William Hurt - Luis Molina

“The end was terrible, even for the good people like my father. So the purpose of all our suffering was just more suffering.”
William Hurt - Eddie Jessup

“- Ned: Can I buy you a drink?
- Matty: I told you. I've got a husband.
- Ned: I'll buy him one too.
- Matty: He's out of town.
- Ned: My favorite kind. We'll drink to him.
- Matty: Only comes up on weekends.
- Ned: I'm liking him better all the time.”
William Hurt - Ned Racine
Kathleen Turner - Matty Walker

“I'm not afraid of that solitary pain. In fact, if I don't strip myself of all this clatter and clutter and ridiculous ritual, I shall go out of my fucking mind.”
William Hurt - Eddie Jessup

“- Pasha: Is it that shit-head Pribluda?
- Arkady Renko: That's like asking if the girl is a virgin when you see her in bed with a man on top of her.”

Michael Elphick - Pasha
William Hurt - Arkady Renko

“- Meg: The last time I spoke with Alex, we had a fight. I yelled at him.
- Nick: That's probably why he killed himself... What was the argument about?
- Meg: I told him he was wasting his life.”
Mary Kay Place - Meg
William Hurt - Nick

“- Rose: Love is what it's all about. You want to make me miss it.
- Macon: Goodness.
- Rose: You just don't want me to stop cooking for you and taking care of this house. You don't want Julian to fall in love with me.”
Amy Wright - Rose
William Hurt - Macon

“- Meg: I didnt' get a chance to talk to you before; you got me stoned too quick. But I'm ok now. I'm just drunk and therefore brave.
- Nick: I've always been a cowardly drunk myself.”

Mary Kay Place - Meg
William Hurt - Nick

“- Luis Molina: No matter how lonely she may be she keeps men at a distance.
- Valentin Arregui: She's probably got bad breath or something.”
William Hurt - Luis Molina
Raul Julia - Valentin Arregui

- Julian: Call it something catchy, "Reluctant Tourist", and you are the fella to write it.
- Macon: But, I hate to travel.
- Julian: I thought so. So, do businessmen. I mean these folks would rather be at home in their living rooms. So, you will be helping them to pretend that that's where they are.

Bill Pullman - Julian
William Hurt - Macon

“- Harlan: This is only two hun'erd. We was promised five.
- Devo: For killing him five, for wounding him two.
- Harlan: You wanted me to shoot him so I shot him.
- Nadja: You woke him up! What good is that?”
William Hurt - Harlan
River Phoenix - Devo
Joan Plowright - Nadja

“The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe.”
William Hurt - Edward Walker

“- Marlon: I've never killed anybody before.
- Harlan: Well, I've never killed anybody either. So what? How hard can it get? If he wakes up and sees us right now... all we do is read him his rights... and then kill him!”

Keanu Reeves - Marlon
William Hurt - Harlan

“- Matty: You aren't too smart, are you? I like that in a man.
- Ned: What else do you like? Lazy? Ugly? Horny? I got 'em all.
- Matty: You don't look lazy.”
Kathleen Turner - Matty Walker
William Hurt - Ned Racine

“- Winnie Foster: I don't wanna die; is that wrong?
- Angus Tuck: No. No human does. But it-it's part of the wheel... the same as being born.”
Alexis Bledel - Winnie Foster
William Hurt - Angus Tuck

“The name of the game, Valerie, is not who dies but who dies first.”
William Hurt - Tommy Vesey

“- Arkady Renko: It is likely they are laying a trap for me.
- Iamskoy: Why?
- Arkady Renko: Three years ago I tried to arrest Major Pribluda. I proved he was an assassin. You remember those two bodies found by the river.
- Iamskoy: God, it's cold out here. You want to freeze my blood even more?”

William Hurt - Arkady Renko
Ian Bannen - Iamskoy

“Do you think there's someplace where we can meet that's not in silence and not in sound?”

William Hurt - James Leeds