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title: "1 Role Better Quotes By Ethan Hawke"
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> [ It's interesting to get older and realize that part of your job growing up in this profession is to help the next generation. More and more, with Boyhood and with Ellar Coltrane and with Emma \[Watson\], I start to see… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/it-s-interesting-to-get-older-and-realize-that-part-of-your-job/)

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

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## 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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