--- title: "31 Kind Quotes By Ethan Hawke" description: "31 Kind quotes by Ethan Hawke. Plus more from Ethan Hawke and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/ethan-hawke-1828_good-thing_all-that-stuff-with-the-tabloids-is-a-ki_1557184.png" --- > [All that stuff with the tabloids is a kind of luxury tax I pay for all the good things I do in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/all-that-stuff-with-the-tabloids-is-a-kind-of-luxury-tax-i-pay-for/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/ethan-hawke-1828_good-thing_all-that-stuff-with-the-tabloids-is-a-ki_1557184.png) > [There's some kind of actors that can radically change who they are from movie to movie. I've never really been that kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/there-s-some-kind-of-actors-that-can-radically-change-who-they-are/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/ethan-hawke-1828_actor_there-s-some-kind-of-actors-that-can-rad_233146.png) > [The more kind of head trippy sci-fi. I always like that. I was a big 'Twilight Zone' freak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-more-kind-of-head-trippy-sci-fi-i-always-like-that-i-was-a-big/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/ethan-hawke-1828_bigs_the-more-kind-of-head-trippy-sci-fi-i-al_2773869.png) > [It's difficult to make any kind of action movie that might be unique or worth watching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/it-s-difficult-to-make-any-kind-of-action-movie-that-might-be-unique/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/ethan-hawke-1828_action_it-s-difficult-to-make-any-kind-of-actio_1807035.png) > ['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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/brooklyn-s-finest-this-is-the-kind-of-movie-that-s-why-i-want-to-be/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/ethan-hawke-1828_actor_brooklyn-s-finest-this-is-the-kind-of-mo_2653498.png) > [When you make a movie with Alejandro Amenábar, he very quickly... it was very clear you're kind of operating in his dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/when-you-make-a-movie-with-alejandro-amen-bar-he-very-quickly-it-was/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/ethan-hawke-1828_amen_when-you-make-a-movie-with-alejandro-ame_2664131.png) > [One of the hardest things about my job is that there kind of is no one rulebook that applies to all situations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/one-of-the-hardest-things-about-my-job-is-that-there-kind-of-is-no/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da5/ethan-hawke-1828_hardest_one-of-the-hardest-things-about-my-job-i_2813318.png) > [The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-biggest-problem-in-my-life-is-trying-to-be-the-kind-of-man-that-i/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/ethan-hawke-1828_failure_the-biggest-problem-in-my-life-is-trying_1671315.png) > [Nightmares are a strange thing. Your worst fear is sometimes something you enjoy thinking about, for some strange reason. I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/nightmares-are-a-strange-thing-your-worst-fear-is-sometimes-something/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/ethan-hawke-1828_children_nightmares-are-a-strange-thing-your-wors_598593.jpg) > [If my kids are doing well, then my life is going pretty well. And if my kids aren't doing well, it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/if-my-kids-are-doing-well-then-my-life-is-going-pretty-well-and-if-my/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/ethan-hawke-1828_amazing_if-my-kids-are-doing-well-then-my-life-i_1784169.jpg) > [I auditioned for Robert Redford once and I was so starstruck I couldn't even speak. I had a mic wire at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-auditioned-for-robert-redford-once-and-i-was-so-starstruck-i-couldn/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/ethan-hawke-1828_circles_i-auditioned-for-robert-redford-once-and_2907337.png) > [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'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/it-s-difficult-to-do-a-genre-film-well-and-it-doesn-t-matter-if-you/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/ethan-hawke-1828_cinema_it-s-difficult-to-do-a-genre-film-well-a_2918658.jpg) > [It's a really unique job that is a little schizophrenic and you have to kind of do it with a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/it-s-a-really-unique-job-that-is-a-little-schizophrenic-and-you-have/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/ethan-hawke-1828_asking_it-s-a-really-unique-job-that-is-a-littl_253975.png) > [I started acting when I was 13 years old and I feel like I really admire actors who are these kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-started-acting-when-i-was-13-years-old-and-i-feel-like-i-really/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/ethan-hawke-1828_acting_i-started-acting-when-i-was-13-years-old_2459958.png) > [In fact, I think my life is always going to be difficult, because I am trying to do something... "original" is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/in-fact-i-think-my-life-is-always-going-to-be-difficult-because-i-am/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/ethan-hawke-1828_bigs_in-fact-i-think-my-life-is-always-going_2115459.png) > [One of the things I can do is to try to put myself in different kinds of movies and that kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/one-of-the-things-i-can-do-is-to-try-to-put-myself-in-different-kinds/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/ethan-hawke-1828_can-do_one-of-the-things-i-can-do-is-to-try-to_1699306.jpg) > [Whenever actors tout off about doing their own stunts, it's always ... they're so protective of you that I always know these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/whenever-actors-tout-off-about-doing-their-own-stunts-it-s-always/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/ethan-hawke-1828_actors_whenever-actors-tout-off-about-doing-the_3139242.png) > [It was a really strange experience. It was very creative for Alejandro Amenábar. It was almost like it was the most I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/it-was-a-really-strange-experience-it-was-very-creative-for-alejandro/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/ethan-hawke-1828_amen_it-was-a-really-strange-experience-it-wa_996149.png) > [There's this kind of incredibly mistaken idea that because it's so much cheaper to roll the camera than it used to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/there-s-this-kind-of-incredibly-mistaken-idea-that-because-it-s-so/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/ethan-hawke-1828_cameras_there-s-this-kind-of-incredibly-mistaken_383168.png) > [My first car was kind of sad. My first car was when my parents had completely worn out their Toyota Corolla that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/my-first-car-was-kind-of-sad-my-first-car-was-when-my-parents-had/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/ethan-hawke-1828_ancient_my-first-car-was-kind-of-sad-my-first-ca_255003.png) > [Have this Chet Baker movie coming out and in that situation, I went down the rabbit hole studying Chet Baker and being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/have-this-chet-baker-movie-coming-out-and-in-that-situation-i-went/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/ethan-hawke-1828_addiction_have-this-chet-baker-movie-coming-out-an_1830355.png) > [Alejandro Amenabar is a different kind of director than I lot of the directors I've asked for. He really asks you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/alejandro-amenabar-is-a-different-kind-of-director-than-i-lot-of-the/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/ethan-hawke-1828_asks_alejandro-amenabar-is-a-different-kind-o_777894.jpg) > [In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/in-all-of-our-society-but-especially-in-hollywood-there-is-an/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/ethan-hawke-1828_hollywood_in-all-of-our-society-but-especially-in_1000965.png) > [The idea that a film is created in the editing room - it's only a certain kind of movie that's made in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-idea-that-a-film-is-created-in-the-editing-room-it-s-only-a/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/ethan-hawke-1828_certain_the-idea-that-a-film-is-created-in-the-e_2531987.png) > [I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-met-a-lot-of-famous-people-when-i-was-about-24-and-none-of-them/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/ethan-hawke-1828_famous_i-met-a-lot-of-famous-people-when-i-was_1267139.png) > [I did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fiction I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-did-one-sci-fi-movie-i-did-gattaca-i-liked-gattaca-because-that-was/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/ethan-hawke-1828_action_i-did-one-sci-fi-movie-i-did-gattaca-i-l_981104.png) > [To get to be somebody who gets to love what they do for a living, that's so rare, and so there must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/to-get-to-be-somebody-who-gets-to-love-what-they-do-for-a-living-that/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/ethan-hawke-1828_kind_to-get-to-be-somebody-who-gets-to-love-w_3089839.png) > [Its difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesnt matter if youre talking vampire movies or Dawn of the Dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/its-difficult-to-do-a-genre-film-well-and-it-doesnt-matter-if-youre/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/ethan-hawke-1828_cinema_its-difficult-to-do-a-genre-film-well-an_1374848.png) > [Oh, I like going down the rabbit hole. You know, that's kind of my job. When you play Macbeth, you gotta dive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/oh-i-like-going-down-the-rabbit-hole-you-know-that-s-kind-of-my-job/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/ethan-hawke-1828_actors_oh-i-like-going-down-the-rabbit-hole-you_1438271.png) > [The drones are really interesting - how have the troops withdrawn from Afghanistan? Because we've upped the drone strikes and most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-drones-are-really-interesting-how-have-the-troops-withdrawn-from/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad1/ethan-hawke-1828_action_the-drones-are-really-interesting-how-ha_2479980.png) > [My goal is to tell good stories. And to try as best I can to do something new with acting. To learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/my-goal-is-to-tell-good-stories-and-to-try-as-best-i-can-to-do/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/ethan-hawke-1828_acting_my-goal-is-to-tell-good-stories-and-to-t_1479262.png) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by Ethan Hawke > [If you study the history of mankind, it seems to be a history of violence. Certainly the history of art, whether you look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/if-you-study-the-history-of-mankind-it-seems-to-be-a-history-of/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [Time is what creates trust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/time-is-what-creates-trust/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/to-be-married-to-another-famous-person-was-a-huge-pressure-one-i-didn/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/friends-can-hurt-you-but-the-possibility-of-pain-with-lovers-is-so/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [If you don't risk doing something foolish, you'll never do anything special.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/if-you-don-t-risk-doing-something-foolish-you-ll-never-do-anything/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [Most of us float with the river and there are a few people who move the river. Robert DeNiro is definitely one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/most-of-us-float-with-the-river-and-there-are-a-few-people-who-move/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [Often you see a famous actor who says they produced something, when all they did was claim to have an idea at a dinner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/often-you-see-a-famous-actor-who-says-they-produced-something-when/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [In truth, the world is a complicated place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/in-truth-the-world-is-a-complicated-place/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-think-that-if-you-walk-through-this-life-and-i-end-up-being-a-bad/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [Directing is like putting together a collage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/directing-is-like-putting-together-a-collage/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/there-is-no-trick-to-writing-a-believable-love-story-a-heartbreaking/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/there-s-some-kind-of-actors-that-can-radically-change-who-they-are/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/it-s-a-really-unique-job-that-is-a-little-schizophrenic-and-you-have/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [My first car was kind of sad. My first car was when my parents had completely worn out their Toyota Corolla that they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/my-first-car-was-kind-of-sad-my-first-car-was-when-my-parents-had/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-script-of-regression-wasn-t-the-draw-for-me-it-was-largely/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/ethan-hawke/#itemlist", "name": "31 Kind Quotes By Ethan Hawke", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All that stuff with the tabloids is a kind of luxury tax I pay for all the good things I do in my life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ethan Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/all-that-stuff-with-the-tabloids-is-a-kind-of-luxury-tax-i-pay-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/ethan-hawke-1828_good-thing_all-that-stuff-with-the-tabloids-is-a-ki_1557184.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/ethan-hawke-1828_good-thing_all-that-stuff-with-the-tabloids-is-a-ki_1557184.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/ethan-hawke-1828_good-thing_all-that-stuff-with-the-tabloids-is-a-ki_1557184.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All that stuff with the tabloids is a kind of luxury tax I pay for all the good things I do in my life.” — Ethan Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's some kind of actors that can radically change who they are from movie to movie. 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