You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over,… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Being a kid, as all kids do, you feel out of place or like kind of a freak. You wake up feeling… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
When I realized that you can't necessarily be cast in a really great part living in Austin, even when Hollywood comes to… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as you're working and when the camera's rolling, but there's certainly… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
In the time between when you first read a script and are offered the role and the time when you begin to… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I think that no matter how dark a person is, the more you learn about them, the more you understand about their… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint… — John Hawkes Copy Share
“One and all they are driven by the twin engines of ignorance and willful barbarism. You nod, you also are familiar with these two… — John Hawkes Copy Share
It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's… — John Hawkes Copy Share
When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down. — John Hawkes Copy Share
Some friends of mine bothered me for a long time about getting on the social networking pages. They were close friends that I liked… — John Hawkes Copy Share
It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview. — John Hawkes Copy Share
For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm… — John Hawkes Copy Share
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme.” — John Hawkes Copy Share
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and having once… — John Hawkes Copy Share
When I realized that you can't necessarily be cast in a really great part living in Austin, even when Hollywood comes to town, I… — John Hawkes Copy Share
As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though you can… — John Hawkes Copy Share
I'd said to my sweetheart a couple of days before that the SAG and Spirit Award nomination was amazing and I had no attachment… — John Hawkes Copy Share
