Actor and director Michael Hurst is a Kiwi creative institution. Even leaving aside his work as a director and stage actor, Hurst's resume runs to fifty and counting - including playing everyone from painter Toulouse-Lautrec, to Hercules's sidekick Iolaus, to politician Rodney Hide.
It’s all about story-telling for me. I seem to be here to tell stories, and for me, that’s directing, acting, writing - doing it all. I’m not going to stop acting.
ScreenTalk interview with Michael Hurst - April 2009