JOHN HURT - HURT: 'I'VE NEVER BEEN PUSHY'

HURT: 'I'VE NEVER BEEN PUSHY'

Veteran actor JOHN HURT is glad he has had a slow-burning Hollywood career - insisting he hates the idea of being over-ambitious. The ALIEN star has always preferred taking a quieter route to acting success. He says, "I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. "I've watched hugely ambitious people - the minute they've got a success, they know where it's going, they know how to deal with it, and it all happens for them. Great. "But that's not the way I - well, I don't like to use the word 'operate'. Things come in a quieter way to me. It's not laziness, and it's not indifference. I just know how far you have to bend for work. That's important for me. "So, I leave that side of things to the agency."