DP/30: The Yellow Handkerchief, actor William Hurt

Shot in Los Angeles, February 2010

[@ellejay2021]

William Hurt was an amazingly gifted actor and human being. His performances are filled with truth. No fat; all meat. I will surely miss him. Rest in peace, William Hurt. Thank you for leaving us your brilliant work.

[@oneseeker2]

No he wasn't an amazing human!

[@4yay]

40 years ago he was alleged as mutual assault he took responsibility stopped drinking and refused pain meds for excruciating cancer because he didn't want to go back to what he was 40 years ago. People learn, change, have regret, and apologize

[@kangaroo3708]

@@4yay I never knew that Thanks allot

[@ElizabethfromGreece]

RIP my big crush of my teenage years....i loved you so much! So sad you're gone so soon...

[@linzylu3565]

RIP William Hurt. Will miss your intelligence and integrity.

[@dp30]

I love the guy... one of my favorite interviews ever. And though the topics were different, equally cool and broadly thinking in off-camera interviews

[@MatthewGeoffino]

RIP William Hurt A giant talent and truly amazing actor

[@rdkuless]

Matthew.. I met William in Portland at my recumbent trike shop.. He was there picking up his new ICE trike. I didn't realize it was William Hurt, i just started chatting with another rider. He and i went to my favorite Vegan restaurant a week later. Over the last couple years, we never got the opportunity to go on a ride together, but we exchanged many emails... I once concluded with , "Your friend. Rob".. he replied, "we are not friends, that takes years and experiences together to have friendship." I replied, "William, i considered you a friend since the day you expressed a common interest in riding.. And until you give me a good reason not to call you friend, i will consider you friend".. That was the start of hundreds of communications between us. I found William to have a huge vocabulary and enormous capacity to comprehend his surroundings.. I will always feel a closeness to the man i called a friend. I only hope that he felt the same. I never knew the man that was described years ago in papers... The man i knew was gentle, kind, and incredibly intelligent.. Most of the words he used i had to look up their meanings. LOL I learned a lot from him... Near the end, i asked him, "William, are you ready to take that maiden voyage on that beautiful new trike..?" His reply, "i'm being quiet these days" And that was the last i heard from him..

[@dannacolman]

This is so interesting, and I'm not at all surprised by his first reply to you-- so honest it almost knocks the wind out of you. And I love that you were not at all intimidated and felt comfortable enough to reply back.

[@sheriefar4599]

I absolutely love William Hurt! He is a superb actor. And he was the most handsome man when he was younger. He is still handsome though!!

[@blue2134]

He is GORGEOUS

[@ElizabethfromGreece]

Yesss i was in love with him when i was teenager!😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@oneseeker2]

He was a violent ABUSER!

[@sistercirkel9125]

The great William Hurt. I always enjoyed his work. In person he confirms his intelligence more than I may have expected...

[@dannacolman]

He's truly brilliant.

[@DirectorDebutOfficial]

" The Craft is The Art of Building Spontaneity" Love this quote!

[@LeonDeLaMole]

Rest In Peace William Hurt. I listened to his audiobooks for The Sun Also Rises and Selected Shorts (short stories, including a wonderful interview) years ago. He is still my all-time favorite book narrator. What a brilliant mind.

[@dannacolman]

Yes, brilliant!

[@joywright4493]

Read “Hearts in Atlantis “ by Stephan King. He reads several stories in that book.

[@joywright4493]

Stephen

[@mikestarfas6725]

Body heat is my all-time favorite. Young Kathleen turner, William hurt, Ted danson, Mickey roark, Richard crenna. Hot steamy summer and South Florida, noir

[@April_in_CT]

Bill is acting Royalty. If I ever met him, I'd literally bow.

[@georgetollisonbuffett]

Me, too.

[@April_in_CT]

He passed shortly after my comment. I'm still so broken hearted over it. He was an amazing human being.

[@linzylu3565]

He was great in the Yellow handkerchief. He’s an amazing versatile actor. The whole cast is great.

[@donnashorts1]

one of the most provocative actors on the planet. wonderful interview thank you for uploading this.

[@StarCrusher.]

Now, this is an actor.

[@jedi1967]

yeah star crusher dis niggah is a real actor no bull shit, like tupac you know im saying niggah??

[@jilldaltonnyc7545]

Such a complex, intense, and brilliant actor and man. I love you, William Hurt.

[@swellinger213]

Great interview of a superb actor and man

[@reubencanningfinkel5922]

an intense, still menacing force. my favourite actor remains, against his violence--the great screen presence

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

Astonishing actor

[@carinapfingstner7578]

Great interview! 👍 RIP William Hurt. 🙏🏼

[@PeterMarwood]

David - I was redirected to this interview through one of your more recent Eddie Redmayne discussions. I absolutely understand why this is one of your favorite conversations. Such a thoughtful conversationalist - He seems to care deeply for his art and that of others. I'll be making a point of seeing this film.

[@Jolar70]

I can't let him go yet. I keep coming back and back and back because I'm still shocked that he's no longer on the planet. For a short time, he was a leading man, when I was young. But, like John Cassavetes, he was obsessive about telling the truth, no matter how ugly it might be. I will always miss his long drawl. I will always miss his thoughts on theater.

[@dannacolman]

I created a Facebook group in his honor because I couldn't let him go.

[@daisymoses6812]

THANK YOU, INTERVIEWER Theres so much to use, to try out , to experience from W Hurts words in this conversation!! i am not even an actor but i think the way he goes about acting should provide with a useful template to go about my own life and my own profession. -- especially how to get out of a dead end in life. This interview is worth transcribing onto paper. It's amazing.

[@marcco44]

this man is very deep, God bless him

[@jedi1967]

William Hurt is one of the greats... Smart individual.... I would not fuck shit up if I was acting with him in a movie....

[@joywright7297]

Greatest READER! Have you all listened to “Hearts in Atlantis” ?

[@Davide5340]

I see a lot of this kind of interviews,and probably it's the first time I here the actor say: "what do you think?"

[@JDHart]

Why do I feel like brilliant actors of this caliber are not what Hollywood wants anymore? I wonder if the average person knows the difference between brilliance and mediocrity. Hmmmm No judgments here. Just thinking out loud.

[@haloed-hero]

Great Observation, I encourage you bot ignore you're intuitions, dont stop asking questions. I noticed a similar thing, that theirs a shift in entertainment. Where they dont wanna see certain things uf goes against the trends of the time like political agendas.

[@ruththomson4601]

I’m sorry there was no mention of William at academy awards. My favorite actor too, he always pulled it off in every role, I thought an amazing rang.

[@linzylu3565]

I hope some keen writer would write a biography on William Hurt. Would love to understand his complexity. He’s got a compelling life story. it’s sad he’s accused of abuse to women who loved him. Wounded people wound.

[@oneseeker2]

Sad? Accused? He DID IT!

[@4yay]

He probably did 40 years ago quit drinking, changed, regretted, apologized and refused pain meds for excruciating cancer so he wouldn't go back to drinking.

[@georgetollisonbuffett]

@@oneseeker2 You were there? You saw them? Or you’re full of shit

[@efeher]

love him always❤️

[@storyimage]

respect to David for keeping it cool

[@666brandohill1]

One of the better actors of the 21st century, extremely not a hack actor.

[@666brandohill1]

One of my favorite actors of all time.

[@grejsdervishi7186]

RIP William Hurt ❤

[@zacharybrown2413]

I swear to God if they let this man become the Red Hulk it would be the most epic superhero movie ever.

[@rampageclover9788]

Superb actor

[@elizabethchristopher87]

Love comes to mind sigh

[@jedi1967]

jezz woman get a boyfriend

[@JamesWilliams-vo8ld]

William Hurt doesn’t like the interviewer, he seems annoyed and kind of pissed off throughout the whole interview

[@jeremiahkipp]

Great job

[@lilianaprina5991]

An actor must fall in love with the story. Life is not valuable unless one is happy. For an actor to have a great performance is best to be in love and lost for the storyline. The rest is about group and crew work with each character.

[@octaviobarajas2910]

RIP

[@Falcon_Kashmir]

Brilliant actor... Very less talked about though

[@fndngnvrlnd]

Amazing man. Om Shanti 🙏🙏🙏

[@sandyoi5301]

Love William Hurts work... however he was a somewhat rude. Honesty is important... yet kindness is Everything!

[@adamquiles2468]

One of the greatest actors ever too bad he kinda faded in the 90s

[@markhayleybeadon]

Of course he was versatile. This guy could sing too. But people would shake their head if I said what his stage name was. There was a little chin and lip latex, but he was very successful. Initials are M.B.

[@georgetollisonbuffett]

Why not sharing it with us😂

[@leegrabelsky2696]

Well ..Wow could see the heavy laced strict arrogance that was not exactly a secret in industry circles

[@oneseeker2]

That room looks depressing, much like HE looks in it!

[@silviofernandes3217]

Adeus HURT

[@eselpreund1]

This guy's a psychopath. Some kind of actor, some kind of person. I'd never heard of the guy until 'History of Violence", then saw "Smoke" and some other stuff. Pretty enigmatic cat. Don't know they guy, but this just what I see. His voice seems to be behind a barricade, some kind of driftwood. Kind of laugh my guts out, but, at what? Some kind of somethin'. Don't mean this directly, Mr. Hurt, I don't know you.

[@jedi1967]

watch Body Heat, The Doctor bro...

[@user-xb7dp4vu3r]

Why do you say he's a psychopath?

[@georgetollisonbuffett]

@@user-xb7dp4vu3r Because obviously that guy has no idea what he’s talking about.

[@bigal838]

This guy seems incredibly complex............................ Would you keep it simple, please? lol

[@georgetollisonbuffett]

He didn’t ask idiots to listen.

[@ellioshiem7892]

I only liked kiss of the....... could never watch any other film he in. same old....playing himself.... overrated....

[@erock817]

He's a badass actor, but he sounds a little pretentious

[@jedi1967]

he has been around the industry. great actor very smart

[@oneseeker2]

Hurt sits there, actually "gaslighting" full of manipulations, he had worked hard at conning and sounding articulate. He was just words. Violent Abuser!

[@oneseeker2]

No, he was NOT an amazing human being!