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
In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
All that stuff with the tabloids is a kind of luxury tax I pay for all the good things I do in… — 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
It's difficult to make any kind of action movie that might be unique or worth watching. — 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
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
Oh, I like going down the rabbit hole. You know, that's kind of my job. When you play Macbeth, you gotta dive… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
My goal is to tell good stories. And to try as best I can to do something new with acting. To learn… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
It's a really unique job that is a little schizophrenic and you have to kind of do it with a sense of… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
If my kids are doing well, then my life is going pretty well. And if my kids aren't doing well, it doesn't… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Nightmares are a strange thing. Your worst fear is sometimes something you enjoy thinking about, for some strange reason. I don't know… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Alejandro Amenabar is a different kind of director than I lot of the directors I've asked for. He really asks you to… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Have this Chet Baker movie coming out and in that situation, I went down the rabbit hole studying Chet Baker and being… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
My first car was kind of sad. My first car was when my parents had completely worn out their Toyota Corolla that… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
It was a really strange experience. It was very creative for Alejandro Amenábar. It was almost like it was the most I… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
There's this kind of incredibly mistaken idea that because it's so much cheaper to roll the camera than it used to be… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
To get to be somebody who gets to love what they do for a living, that's so rare, and so there must… — 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
In fact, I think my life is always going to be difficult, because I am trying to do something... "original" is a… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
One of the hardest things about my job is that there kind of is no one rulebook that applies to all situations. — 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
The more kind of head trippy sci-fi. I always like that. I was a big 'Twilight Zone' freak. — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
The drones are really interesting - how have the troops withdrawn from Afghanistan? Because we've upped the drone strikes and most of… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I started acting when I was 13 years old and I feel like I really admire actors who are these kind of… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I auditioned for Robert Redford once and I was so starstruck I couldn't even speak. I had a mic wire at a… — 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
Whenever actors tout off about doing their own stunts, it's always ... they're so protective of you that I always know these… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
If you don't risk doing something foolish, you'll never do anything special. — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 of actor.… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
![“Whenever actors tout off about doing their own stunts, it's always ... they're so protective of you that I always know these stunt guys are so good [and] they're never going to put you in danger. But it's fun to do something kind of exciting, even something as simple as driving 70 through a tunnel…” quote by Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ecc/ethan-hawke-1828_actors_whenever-actors-tout-off-about-doing-the_3139242.jpg)
