A John Hawkes symposium: design and debris
A source page for quotes linked to John Hawkes.
“As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.”
“A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.”
“I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility.”
“I lived in Texas for 10 years. There were a lot of people chewing, including my dad.”
“I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'”
“If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending.”
“It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.”
“Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.”
“'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.”
“Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.”
“You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help”
“The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.”
“Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year.”