“The thing that really breeds career longevity in this profession is doing good work. You can make $20 million a movie, but does that mean you'll still have a job when you're 60? It's a profession that eats people up and wants constant turnaround, so you have to dedicate yourself to learning and making the most of whatever gift you may have.” PeopleWantMayMeanDoeStillsJobsCareersMillionsConstantProfessionGood WorkLongevityDoing GoodTurnaround Author:Ethan Hawke
“Seeing the play ( A Lie of the Mind ) clearly is part of why I wanted to direct it. I see hope at the end of this play. People talk about how dark the play was, but I feel like, if you really look at the darkness, you're able to go through it, and you realize that you can handle dark moments in life and that everything will be all right.” PeopleIfsFeelsMindLooksEndsPlayMomentsAbleWantedLyingRealizingDarkDarknessSeeingDirectHandleDark Moments Author:Ethan Hawke
“The kindest compliments I have ever heard are when cops tell me Training Day and Assault on Precinct 13 inspired them to become cops. The funniest compliments I have ever heard are when people tell me that 'I love your band Sugar Ray.” PeopleFunnyHeardLove YouBandTrainingInspiredComplimentRaysSugarCopAssault Author:Ethan Hawke
“The constant buzz and pressure and noise and static of the Internet, and the way it makes young people feel makes it difficult to grow up and develop the way one might want to.” PeopleWayWantFeelsMightYoungGrowsDifficultGrowing UpInternetPressureConstantNoiseStaticBuzz Author:Ethan Hawke
“Sometimes people save the best part of themselves for their art.” PeopleArtSometimes Author:Ethan Hawke
“Sometimes people, their creative drive comes from an energy to try to heal themselves.” PeopleTryingSometimesEnergyCreativeHeal Author:Ethan Hawke
“You don't need other people to affirm that you're a valuable person.” PeopleNeedsPersonsValuableValuable Person Author:Ethan Hawke
“People are conditioned to just you know, like, you know we're like little birdies going to the bird feeder you know, or the little cows going to the salt lick. We just like what we've seen before.” PeopleKnowsLittlesLike YouBirdCowsSalt Author:Ethan Hawke
“Nightmares are a strange thing. Your worst fear is sometimes something you enjoy thinking about, for some strange reason. I don't know why that is, but it's some kind of fantasy that people play out. "What would I do to protect my children? I'd do anything." And then, you watch it play out. I'm petrified of such a thing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindChildrenSometimesReasonPlayEnjoyWatchesFantasyWorstStrangeProtectMy ChildrenNightmareStrange ThingsWorst Fear Author:Ethan Hawke
“I'd really rather that nobody had a gun, and then nobody would have to worry about it. That would be more my theory. In America, there's this knee-jerk response that more walls and more guns make people safer, and I'm entirely suspect of that way of thinking.” PeopleThinkingWayWould BeAmericaWorryTheoryWallGunResponseKneesSuspectsWay Of ThinkingJerk Author:Ethan Hawke
“Right now the only people I can really fall in love with are people who don't really, truly want me around. Now why do I do that?” PeopleWantI CanFallRight NowFalling In LoveWant Me Author:Ethan Hawke
“It is very difficult for any couple who are married if both people are ambitious. I don't know if it's just too hard to be married to a woman that wants to be a movie star.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantHardStarsDifficultCoupleMarriedAmbitiousMovie StarBeing Married Author:Ethan Hawke
“When you do 'Before Sunset,' you know while it's a limited audience, there was a very small group of people that love 'Before Sunrise.' You feel a certain pressure to make sure that you uphold a level of quality that has been a bar. You set a bar and you have to at least match it.” PeopleKnowsFeelsHas BeensCertainLevelsQualityAudienceGroupsPressureBarsSunsetSunriseSmall GroupsBefore SunsetBefore Sunrise Author:Ethan Hawke
“I think having nature be a part of people's lives helps all of us see ourselves as part of something larger.” PeopleThinkingHelping Author:Ethan Hawke
“I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.” PeopleWayFeelsDevastatedSalinger Author:Ethan Hawke
“As a young man... you don't know anything about yourself. And add on to that, you're on the cover of magazines. People are interviewing you about what you think. You feel like a real phony.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenFeelsRealYoungAddMagazinesYoung ManAbout YourselfPhony Author:Ethan Hawke
“One of the things that separates a good genre movie from a bad genre movie, I always think, ironically, is when you care about the people. The dime a dozen ones are where you don't have any awareness of the character.” PeopleThinkingCharacterCareAwarenessGenreDozenDimes Author:Ethan Hawke
“I started acting when I was 13 years old and I feel like I really admire actors who are these kind of amazing shape-changing people, that they almost can turn themselves into other people.” PeopleFeelsYearsKindTurnsActorsActingShapesAdmire Author:Ethan Hawke
“It is quite rare to find people who are really dedicated to a level of excellence. Most of us are really quite lazy most of the time.” PeopleLevelsExcellenceLazyDedicated Author:Ethan Hawke
“I meet a lot of young people that want to go into acting because they think of what it will do for them. If that's the case, it can be a very, very painful profession. But if the kids want to do acting because they love it, and they want to give to it, then they can have a great life. It's really about as simple as how you look at it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantGivingLooksKidsYoungSimpleActingCasesPainfulProfession Author:Ethan Hawke
“I love working on scripts. I love coming up with ideas about what people would dress like or talk like. I love all that.” PeopleIdeasDressesScripts Author:Ethan Hawke
“I love really exploring... you know, a cop drama for example is a great way to explore class in this country and explore, you know, really, identity in the country and who we are in a way that is extremely exciting, but it's also real, you know, it's also real people and real drama. The same with the military. I mean, a good science fiction story is also great.” PeopleKnowsWayMeanRealCountryStoriesFictionClassMilitaryExampleIdentityDramaExcitingScience FictionWho We AreCopExploringReal YouGood ScienceFiction Stories Author:Ethan Hawke
“Alejandro Amenabar is a different kind of director than I lot of the directors I've asked for. He really asks you to enter his dream as opposed to, you know, a guy like Sidney Lumet or something is going to ask you to create a character almost like a documentary. He wants you to make the people really real and he's going to capture it like a documentarian.” PeopleKnowsWantKindDifferentRealCharacterDreamGuyAsksDirectorsCaptureDifferent KindsDocumentaries Author:Ethan Hawke
“I got to work with Robert DeNiro once and it was a strange experience. Gwyneth Paltrow and I were doing Great Expectations movie together and we were complaining about what a mediocre film experience it was. DeNiro showed up on set and all of a sudden the director got better, the director of photography got better - everybody got more interested and excited. DeNiro isn't waiting for other people to create the environment that he wants, he brings it along with him.” PeopleTogetherFilmWaitingEnvironmentStrangePhotographyExpectationsExcitedComplainingMediocreGreat Expectations Author:Ethan Hawke
“Most of us float with the river and there are a few people who move the river. Robert DeNiro is definitely one of them.” PeopleMoving Author:Ethan Hawke
“If you can channel the best part of you that is bigger than yourself, where it’s not about your ego and not about getting ahead, then you can have fun and you aren’t jealous of others. You see other people's talent as another branch of your own. You can keep it rooted in joy. Life is long and there are plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. The point of it all is to learn.” PeopleIfsLongLife IsJoyOpportunityFunMistakeTalentEgoBiggerPlentyHaving FunBranchesMaking MistakesJealousRooted Author:Ethan Hawke
“Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary is trying to be about for me, finding balance, where the beauty that is attainable in the creative arts can be matched with the scratchy roughness of regular life.” PeopleKnowsTryingArtRealCreativeBalanceFindingsWoodsDemonDocumentariesCreative PeopleCreative ArtMatchedRoughness Author:Ethan Hawke
“I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.” PeopleKnowsKindPersonsHumorInspirationStruggleMetsInsight Author:Ethan Hawke
“Some people burn out, and some people like Clint Eastwood, he was a wild, international movie star in his 30s, and he's doing the best work of his life now. Go figure.” PeopleStarsFiguresInternationalMovie StarBest WorkBurn Out Author:Ethan Hawke
