--- title: "16 Trying Quotes By Ethan Hawke" description: "16 Trying quotes by Ethan Hawke. Plus more from Ethan Hawke and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/ethan-hawke-1828_adult_it-s-so-hard-for-every-young-person-tryi_2467095.png" --- > [It's so hard for every young person, trying to figure out the adult you want to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/it-s-so-hard-for-every-young-person-trying-to-figure-out-the-adult/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/ethan-hawke-1828_adult_it-s-so-hard-for-every-young-person-tryi_2467095.png) > [Sometimes people, their creative drive comes from an energy to try to heal themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/sometimes-people-their-creative-drive-comes-from-an-energy-to-try-to/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/ethan-hawke-1828_creative_sometimes-people-their-creative-drive-co_1878544.png) > [I'm always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren't just dramas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-m-always-trying-to-look-for-how-i-can-find-human-stories-that-aren/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/ethan-hawke-1828_always-trying_i-m-always-trying-to-look-for-how-i-can_995926.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) > [Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/depression-is-a-real-demon-in-the-woods-for-a-lot-of-creative-people/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/ethan-hawke-1828_art_depression-is-a-real-demon-in-the-woods_3080357.jpg) > [It's certainly an interesting moment to try to talk about, 'cause you could make a great show about the police force right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/it-s-certainly-an-interesting-moment-to-try-to-talk-about-cause-you/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/ethan-hawke-1828_causes_it-s-certainly-an-interesting-moment-to_2043202.png) > [I don't have a lot of experiences like this where every time I thought I had a good idea it was totally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-experiences-like-this-where-every-time-i/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/ethan-hawke-1828_amen_i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-experiences-like-t_1395457.png) > [The Woodstock Film festival is among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn't trying to sell you anything, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-woodstock-film-festival-is-among-the-finest-of-a-dying-breed-a/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b4/ethan-hawke-1828_art_the-woodstock-film-festival-is-among-the_2349442.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) > [Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/don-t-you-find-it-odd-she-continued-that-when-you-re-a-kid-everyone/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e3/ethan-hawke-1828_adulthood_don-t-you-find-it-odd-she-continued-that_741537.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) > [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) > [It's interesting to get older and realize that part of your job growing up in this profession is to help the next…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/ethan-hawke-1828_advice_it-s-interesting-to-get-older-and-realiz_689437.jpg) > [Well, there's a great Marlon Brando quote that to do something well you have to spiritually marry your director. You have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/well-there-s-a-great-marlon-brando-quote-that-to-do-something-well/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/ethan-hawke-1828_brando_well-there-s-a-great-marlon-brando-quote_1399757.jpg) > [Good genre movies are a little bit like trying to write a haiku. There are certain things that you have to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/good-genre-movies-are-a-little-bit-like-trying-to-write-a-haiku-there/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/ethan-hawke-1828_america_good-genre-movies-are-a-little-bit-like_3203640.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) ## Other authors on Trying ## 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/trying/ethan-hawke/#itemlist", "name": "16 Trying Quotes By Ethan Hawke", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's so hard for every young person, trying to figure out the adult you want to be.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ethan Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/it-s-so-hard-for-every-young-person-trying-to-figure-out-the-adult/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/ethan-hawke-1828_adult_it-s-so-hard-for-every-young-person-tryi_2467095.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/ethan-hawke-1828_adult_it-s-so-hard-for-every-young-person-tryi_2467095.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/ethan-hawke-1828_adult_it-s-so-hard-for-every-young-person-tryi_2467095.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's so hard for every young person, trying to figure out the adult you want to be.” — Ethan Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes people, their creative drive comes from an energy to try to heal themselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ethan Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/sometimes-people-their-creative-drive-comes-from-an-energy-to-try-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/ethan-hawke-1828_creative_sometimes-people-their-creative-drive-co_1878544.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/ethan-hawke-1828_creative_sometimes-people-their-creative-drive-co_1878544.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/ethan-hawke-1828_creative_sometimes-people-their-creative-drive-co_1878544.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes people, their creative drive comes from an energy to try to heal themselves.” — Ethan Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren't just dramas.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ethan Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-m-always-trying-to-look-for-how-i-can-find-human-stories-that-aren/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/ethan-hawke-1828_always-trying_i-m-always-trying-to-look-for-how-i-can_995926.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/ethan-hawke-1828_always-trying_i-m-always-trying-to-look-for-how-i-can_995926.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/ethan-hawke-1828_always-trying_i-m-always-trying-to-look-for-how-i-can_995926.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren't just dramas.” — Ethan Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ethan Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-biggest-problem-in-my-life-is-trying-to-be-the-kind-of-man-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/ethan-hawke-1828_failure_the-biggest-problem-in-my-life-is-trying_1671315.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/ethan-hawke-1828_failure_the-biggest-problem-in-my-life-is-trying_1671315.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/ethan-hawke-1828_failure_the-biggest-problem-in-my-life-is-trying_1671315.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to…” — Ethan Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? 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