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title: "5 Obsessed Quotes By Ethan Hawke"
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> [Few years ago I did a movie, Good Kill, about drone pilots and for four or five months I'm obsessed with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/few-years-ago-i-did-a-movie-good-kill-about-drone-pilots-and-for-four/)

[Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/ethan-hawke-1828_air_few-years-ago-i-did-a-movie-good-kill-ab_311253.png)

> [My job - and it's really true - is that it's constantly evolving and changing. When I was doing the Chet Baker…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/my-job-and-it-s-really-true-is-that-it-s-constantly-evolving-and/)

[Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/ethan-hawke-1828_absolutes_my-job-and-it-s-really-true-is-that-it-s_526807.jpg)

> [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)

> [ I like \[that\] there's a certain inherent drama to those jobs that is exciting to tell stories about and it's still real… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-like-that-there-s-a-certain-inherent-drama-to-those-jobs-that-is/)

[Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/ethan-hawke-1828_boxes_i-like-that-there-s-a-certain-inherent-d_2527661.png)

> [We're fascinated by things that scare us, and one of the things that scares us is violence. Violence exists. It's a real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/we-re-fascinated-by-things-that-scare-us-and-one-of-the-things-that/)

[Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/ethan-hawke-1828_fascinated_we-re-fascinated-by-things-that-scare-us_3116671.jpg)

## Other authors on Obsessed

## 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/)

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