For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way. — John Hawkes Actors Copy Share Image
You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I don't think there are in life, pure darkness or pure light. Everyone's got a little of everything. — John Hawkes Darkness Copy Share Image
Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another. — John Hawkes Experience Copy Share Image
As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending. — John Hawkes Actor Copy Share Image
Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme.” — John Hawkes Books Copy Share Image
I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“No appetite. No sensation in a dry stomach. No desire. No orchids sweet enough to taste. Not the sort of woman to… — John Hawkes Appetite Copy Share Image
People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down. — John Hawkes Attention 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 do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird,… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If… — 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 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 Actor Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects,… — John Hawkes Amazing people Copy Share Image
“Some time ago I discovered that I could no longer speak aloud or read aloud from a stage, even for the sake… — John Hawkes Silence Copy Share Image
“She knew there was enormous penalty for what they had done to her - but she could not conceive of that, did… — John Hawkes Penalty Copy Share Image
“The birds do not sing, clouds remain of rubber, glass, steel. A stone has lodged in the engine block, the process of… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“You don't even have a cross," he said. His beloved was silent. "You don't even have any candles, no face of Christ,… — John Hawkes Death Copy Share Image
“One and all they are driven by the twin engines of ignorance and willful barbarism. You nod, you also are familiar with… — John Hawkes Ignorance Copy Share Image
My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper. — John Hawkes Actors Copy Share Image
