“For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change.” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsCharacterStoriesLastsProjectsGood PeopleGood StoryMantrasStory WritingAmazing People Author:John Hawkes
“It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from the real people.” PeopleTryingRealSometimesArtistNiceStealing Author:John Hawkes
“I generally play strong people and scary people.” PeoplePlayStrongScaryStrong PeopleScary People Author:John Hawkes
“I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantBelievePlayAssociationBelieve In Me Author:John Hawkes
“People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindSaidHappensMovingUnkind Author:John Hawkes
“I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to be a part of it whether it's a studio film or, more likely in that instance, an independent film.” PeopleIfsWantI CanStoriesFilmIndependentAddStudiosInstanceIndependent Film Author:John Hawkes
“I do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird, when I lived in Austin I was always cast as pretty normal people. But when I moved to Los Angeles I was immediately branded a psycho” PeopleKindRolesNormalMovedCastsAll KindsLos AngelesNerdPsychoAustinBranded Author:John Hawkes
“When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship.” PeopleWayTownsShipsIsolatedAlaska Author:John Hawkes
