A Quote by John Hurt
People say you never retire in this [film] business and I say, well, not until they retire you.
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People say, 'Oh, so you should retire.' Yeah, you want me to retire so you won't get knocked out. I won't retire.
The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.
Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
I wish I could say farewell and retire but there is nothing for me to retire from.
I am very much inspired by the great masters of entertainment: Bob Hope, George Burns, Jimmy Durante - who never thought about retiring. When people ask me if I plan to retire, I say, "Retire to what? I am doing what I love best right now!"
A lot of people want to retire; I couldn't. You don't retire in our business. What, play golf and watch television? Oh, please.
Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
Some sleep too much....Nowhere do the scriptures say, 'Thou shalt sleep eight hours.' Nor do they say, 'Retire early unless you happen to be a night person.' There must be an excellent reason for the injunction to retire and arise early. ...You will profit by this counsel if you heed it.
Well cult is a word you would never say in Hollywood. In any film business, if you're trying to get your next film made, you would never say, "Oh, my last film was a cult film." I'd say, "Oh great, well I hope this one isn't!"
Retire? Retire from What? Life? I will only retire when I am dead!
When I retire, my CV might have a few holes, things I haven't achieved that I would have felt I needed to do, but I won't know if I did need to do them until I retire.
I'll never retire. I'm just using up somebody else's oxygen if I retire.
In any film business, if you're trying to get your next film made, you would never say, 'Oh, my last film was a cult film.' I'd say, 'Oh, great, well I hope this one isn't!' I always say to Johnny Knoxville, 'How do you do it? You sort of do the same thing we did, except you made millions, and I made hundreds.'
I once had a dream about getting a marriage, house in the country, and at the end of the day we'd retire, but I'm never going to retire.
It's the only way that Democrats can win in Illinois, is to say, 'Oh, Kirk has health problems, he's going to retire.' For Democrats looking at a minority life and seeing that they cannot win in Illinois is so frustrating that they will just assume away any issue. They'll just say to willing reporters, 'I think Kirk is going to retire.'
First of all, you never retire. At least I don't retire.
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