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> [The Beat Generation - that term is even more familiar now, even more than say the '70s. Hype is built and established and people link it back to a certain generation, in this case the '40s and '50s. Now everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/the-beat-generation-that-term-is-even-more-familiar-now-even-more/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/garrett-hedlund-13436_back_the-beat-generation-that-term-is-even-mo_1905809.jpg)

> [Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/kerouac-was-the-cowboy-that-inspired-the-whole-beat-generation-and/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

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## Other authors on Beat generation

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jack-kerouac-45445.jpg) Jack Kerouac 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beat-generation/jack-kerouac/)

## More by Garrett Hedlund

> [For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/for-me-and-this-may-not-be-everybody-but-because-i-do-love-country/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [In the present time you don't really establish what you're going through, but after time it's declared something. Right now there could be some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/in-the-present-time-you-don-t-really-establish-what-you-re-going/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [I had done chorus before in school, but I was only trying for an easy A. I was a bass going 'dum dum da…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/i-had-done-chorus-before-in-school-but-i-was-only-trying-for-an-easy/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [I'm not good at chatting right away. Women have to be very patient with me, I suppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/i-m-not-good-at-chatting-right-away-women-have-to-be-very-patient/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [I spill it out as fast as I can. I don’t really edit. In Brazil, recently, I wrote 70 pages. In London, 80 pages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/i-spill-it-out-as-fast-as-i-can-i-don-t-really-edit-in-brazil/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/i-grew-up-on-a-farm-in-a-small-town-where-you-do-or-say-one-thing-and/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [I had to jump on the tractor and do my chores. I would have just killed to be in town, to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/i-had-to-jump-on-the-tractor-and-do-my-chores-i-would-have-just/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay. It just motivates me to go deeper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/i-ve-been-told-i-m-too-good-looking-for-certain-roles-but-that-s-okay/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [I actually signed on to do 'On the Road' before we started on 'Tron,' but we were in flux for a while, just sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/i-actually-signed-on-to-do-on-the-road-before-we-started-on-tron-but/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [It's funny - I read that women look to chiseled-faced guys for one-night stands, and to round-faced guys for marriage. When I'm rounder in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/it-s-funny-i-read-that-women-look-to-chiseled-faced-guys-for-one/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someone's going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/i-remember-telling-my-creative-writing-teacher-that-you-never-want-to/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [It was close to like a 67- or 70-day shoot for 'Tron' on stage, in the suit. You can't even sit down during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/it-was-close-to-like-a-67-or-70-day-shoot-for-tron-on-stage-in-the/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [A great amount of good is always evened out by a great amount of bad. I find it's best to acknowledge that weird balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/a-great-amount-of-good-is-always-evened-out-by-a-great-amount-of-bad/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [Just personally, I've been attached to 'On the Road' since 2007 and it was the greatest thing in my life when I got cast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/just-personally-i-ve-been-attached-to-on-the-road-since-2007-and-it/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

> [I fantasised about F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' - I loved it, and then I read everything J. D. Salinger had to offer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/i-fantasised-about-f-scott-fitzgerald-s-the-great-gatsby-i-loved-it/)

[Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/)

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