Few years ago I did a movie, Good Kill, about drone pilots and for four or five months I'm obsessed with the… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
It's difficult to make any kind of action movie that might be unique or worth watching. — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
But the truth is, I've never wanted to be a movie star - and I've been pretty clear about that. — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
One of the things that's really lousy about making movies is that you have such little interaction with your audience. — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fiction I really… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
One of the things I can do is to try to put myself in different kinds of movies and that kind of… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
One of the things that separates a good genre movie from a bad genre movie, I always think, ironically, is when you… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
The thing that makes a great genre movie is one that's not just entertainment, not just horror or sci-fi or whatever. The… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
The idea that a film is created in the editing room - it's only a certain kind of movie that's made in… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I never thought that I would be labeled something like Generation X because of that movie ( Reality Bites ). I had… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Right now, if you're interested in being a dramatic actor, they're not making that many just regular dramas. Movies have to have… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I did this movie, Predestination, and it's one of my favorite movies I've ever made, because sci-fi really lets you talk about… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I did this movie right after it about the life of Chet Baker. It's called Born to Be Blue. In that situation,… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Its difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesnt matter if youre talking vampire movies or Dawn of the Dead… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I don't know what has happened to movies, but lately every movie is at least 20 minutes too long. It used to… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Alejandro Amenábar is a very interesting filmmaker. I had really liked The Others, which was a movie he made with Nicole Kidman… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Well, there's a great Marlon Brando quote that to do something well you have to spiritually marry your director. You have to… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Years ago I was going to play Chet Baker in another movie and I really felt drawn to that character and the… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
It's difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesn't matter if you're talking vampire movies or 'Dawn of the Dead'… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Good genre movies are a little bit like trying to write a haiku. There are certain things that you have to do… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
There's some kind of actors that can radically change who they are from movie to movie. I've never really been that kind… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
If you're not a real chameleon of an actor and if you're not one of those guys who can really shape-change themselves… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
When you make a movie with Alejandro Amenábar, he very quickly... it was very clear you're kind of operating in his dream… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. This is… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
How to make a scary movie human, take a movie like Sinister. How can I make that guy so real so that… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
If you study the history of mankind, it seems to be a history of violence. Certainly the history of art, whether you look at… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
To be married to another famous person was a huge pressure, one I didn't enjoy. And it had nothing to do with her. She's… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
Friends can hurt you, but the possibility of pain with lovers is so much greater because your expectations are so high. You don't ask… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
If you don't risk doing something foolish, you'll never do anything special. — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
Most of us float with the river and there are a few people who move the river. Robert DeNiro is definitely one of them. — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
Often you see a famous actor who says they produced something, when all they did was claim to have an idea at a dinner… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
I think that if you walk through this life and I end up being a bad father, then it won't matter anything else I… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
There is no trick to writing a believable love story, a heartbreaking scene or real-sounding dialogue. All you need is to tell the truth.… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
There's some kind of actors that can radically change who they are from movie to movie. I've never really been that kind of actor.… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
It's a really unique job that is a little schizophrenic and you have to kind of do it with a sense of humor.The trick… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
My first car was kind of sad. My first car was when my parents had completely worn out their Toyota Corolla that they had… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
The script [of Regression] wasn't the draw for me. It was largely Alejandro [Amenabar] and his way of talking. To hear him talking about… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share
