Ethan Hawke Quotes

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• With this sunrise somehow I felt I was exactly where I was supposed to be... Have faith, the light seemed to announce.
• When I woke up I was naked. I have this one oddball idiosyncrasy: Sometimes in my sleep I take off all my clothes.
• If you don't give inspiration an opportunity, it will never arrive.
• Everything is so finite but that’s what makes our time and specific moments so important.
• There's something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious.
• At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we…
• I don't know what has happened to movies, but lately every movie is at least 20 minutes too long. It used to be that if…
• I auditioned for Robert Redford once and I was so starstruck I couldn't even speak. I had a mic wire at a screen test clipped…
• I can't tell you how many times in the '90s I'd meet somebody, we'd be having a nice time, and they'd sigh and go, 'This…
• 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. It’s…
• Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want.
• We all have this fantasy of finding our one true love who's going to be the perfect fit. It's just not a reality.
• Directing is like putting together a collage.
• Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book…
• The Woodstock Film festival is among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn't trying to sell you anything, but simply and beautifully…
• Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary is trying to…
• I've always watched actors on the red carpet getting drunk and making idiots of themselves and now I'm happy to join their ranks
• Its difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesnt matter if youre talking vampire movies or Dawn of the Dead or The Thing…
• I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why…
• 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 achieved…

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