Michael Hurst: (when asked what memory he cherishes the most) Meeting my wife [
Michael Hurst: (when asked which role he's played was his favorite) I have a few: Macbeth, Hamlet, Arthur Rimbaud, Mozart, Gregorus (The Holy Sinner), The Widow Twankey (especially in the pantomime Aladdin), Arnold Beckoff (Torch Song Trilogy), and Joseph K. (The Trial).
Michael Hurst: (on the
Michael Hurst: (on
Michael Hurst: (on his movie "Jubilee")
Michael Hurst: (on the
Michael Hurst: (On the
Michael Hurst: (on performing as "The Widow Twanky" for New Zealand's Prime Minister) Helen Clark looked at me and said one word. 'Horrendous'.
Michael Hurst: (referring to the stunt fight on
Michael Hurst: (when asked about becoming an actor) If you want to act, don’t….If you really, really, really, really, really want to act don’t. If you really, really, really, really, really, really want to act, don’t. If you have to act, do it. There is a big difference.
Michael Hurst: (referring to
Michael Hurst: Comedy has to be so much more ingenious. You can fool around with tragedy, but comedy's serious business.
Michael is a very versatile voice artist, and can do a great number of accents- American, German, French, various British dialects, and Australian.
Michael wrote, directed, and performed in the play Jack and the Beanstalk, which starred
One of the things that is always mentioned in terms of injuries on the set is the one where Michael hurt
Instead of the usual division of labor of directing an tv episode using a second unit director to film noncritical footage, Michael did his own second unit directing on the
Whenever he's asked if he prefers acting or directing or TV or theatre, he always says, 'It's always one thing for me: it's telling stories. That's what I do. It doesn't matter how I do it.'
Sometimes being an actor as well as a director was helpful to those he was directing. Not only could he explain what he wanted more clearly, but he also passed on techniques to his actors. While directing the
Michael won the 1999 Best Director, Comedy, Television, New Zealand TV Guide Awards, for the
Michael is the eldest of three brothers.
Michael is an actor first, even when he's a director. While directing the
Michael was born on September 20, 1957 in Lancashire, England, UK
Michael has been married to noted New Zealand actress
Michael has directed the play Mr. Marmalade at the Silo Theatre, Auckland New Zealand.
Listen for Michael's return to the
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