--- title: "23 Want Quotes By Ethan Hawke" description: "23 Want quotes by Ethan Hawke. Plus more from Ethan Hawke and more Want 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) > [Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/happiness-is-in-the-doing-not-in-getting-what-you-want/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/ethan-hawke-1828_getting_happiness-is-in-the-doing-not-in-getting_1597437.png) > [When an analogy is really singing, it's what you want it to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/when-an-analogy-is-really-singing-it-s-what-you-want-it-to-be/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/ethan-hawke-1828_analogy_when-an-analogy-is-really-singing-it-s-w_1368353.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) > [It is very difficult for any couple who are married if both people are ambitious. I don't know if it's just too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/it-is-very-difficult-for-any-couple-who-are-married-if-both-people/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/ethan-hawke-1828_actress_it-is-very-difficult-for-any-couple-who_2613428.png) > [The constant buzz and pressure and noise and static of the Internet, and the way it makes young people feel makes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-constant-buzz-and-pressure-and-noise-and-static-of-the-internet/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/ethan-hawke-1828_buzz_the-constant-buzz-and-pressure-and-noise_3006408.png) > [Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/everyone-has-to-pay-their-child-support-and-no-matter-if-you-re-a/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/ethan-hawke-1828_actors_everyone-has-to-pay-their-child-support_2679098.png) > [The girls who like me aren't the ones I like. Or, if I do and they want to commit, I suddenly need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-girls-who-like-me-aren-t-the-ones-i-like-or-if-i-do-and-they-want/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/ethan-hawke-1828_commit_the-girls-who-like-me-aren-t-the-ones-i_1717301.png) > [Right now the only people I can really fall in love with are people who don't really, truly want me around. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/right-now-the-only-people-i-can-really-fall-in-love-with-are-people/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/ethan-hawke-1828_fall_right-now-the-only-people-i-can-really-f_2573210.png) > [At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/at-every-turn-when-humanity-is-asked-the-question-do-you-want/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/ethan-hawke-1828_choice_at-every-turn-when-humanity-is-asked-the_1988176.jpg) > [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) > [How to make a scary movie human, take a movie like Sinister. How can I make that guy so real so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/how-to-make-a-scary-movie-human-take-a-movie-like-sinister-how-can-i/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/ethan-hawke-1828_doe_how-to-make-a-scary-movie-human-take-a-m_355516.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) > [I've had several moments in my career where it seemed like I might not age out of the bracket the world wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-ve-had-several-moments-in-my-career-where-it-seemed-like-i-might/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc2/ethan-hawke-1828_age_i-ve-had-several-moments-in-my-career-wh_3183064.jpg) > [The thing that really breeds career longevity in this profession is doing good work. You can make $20 million a movie, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-thing-that-really-breeds-career-longevity-in-this-profession-is/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/ethan-hawke-1828_career_the-thing-that-really-breeds-career-long_1506949.png) > [I meet a lot of young people that want to go into acting because they think of what it will do for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-meet-a-lot-of-young-people-that-want-to-go-into-acting-because-they/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/ethan-hawke-1828_acting_i-meet-a-lot-of-young-people-that-want-t_1519710.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) > [ I enjoyed meeting Emma \[Watson\]. I have a soft spot in my heart for child actors growing up. I know how hard… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-enjoyed-meeting-emma-watson-i-have-a-soft-spot-in-my-heart-for/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/ethan-hawke-1828_actors_i-enjoyed-meeting-emma-watson-i-have-a-s_2621446.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) > [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) > [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) > [I don't think Emma Watson needs any advice. She's an incredibly smart young woman who knows what she wants out of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-don-t-think-emma-watson-needs-any-advice-she-s-an-incredibly-smart/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/ethan-hawke-1828_advice_i-don-t-think-emma-watson-needs-any-advi_1494299.png) > [I've always been drawn to the best writing that I can find. I don't care if it's in movies or theater or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-the-best-writing-that-i-can-find-i-don-t/) [Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/ethan-hawke-1828_audience_i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-the-best-writi_1608597.png) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/ethan-hawke/#itemlist", "name": "23 Want Quotes By Ethan Hawke", "numberOfItems": 23, "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": "Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ethan Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/happiness-is-in-the-doing-not-in-getting-what-you-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/ethan-hawke-1828_getting_happiness-is-in-the-doing-not-in-getting_1597437.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/ethan-hawke-1828_getting_happiness-is-in-the-doing-not-in-getting_1597437.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/ethan-hawke-1828_getting_happiness-is-in-the-doing-not-in-getting_1597437.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want.” — Ethan Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When an analogy is really singing, it's what you want it to be.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ethan Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/when-an-analogy-is-really-singing-it-s-what-you-want-it-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/ethan-hawke-1828_analogy_when-an-analogy-is-really-singing-it-s-w_1368353.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/ethan-hawke-1828_analogy_when-an-analogy-is-really-singing-it-s-w_1368353.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/ethan-hawke-1828_analogy_when-an-analogy-is-really-singing-it-s-w_1368353.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When an analogy is really singing, it's what you want it to be.” — Ethan Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. 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