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
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
“Need I insist that the only enemy of the mature marriage is monogamy? That anything less than sexual multiplicity...is naive? That our… — John Hawkes Marriage 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 Actor Copy Share Image
I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
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 Exposure 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 Actor Copy Share Image
I don't really try to judge any character that I play, afterwards I figure it out, but while I'm working on the… — John Hawkes 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 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
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
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'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
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
“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
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
“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
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
The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness,… — John Hawkes Barbs 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 Actor Copy Share Image
When I over-prepare, I try to let it all go and forget all about it when the camera rolls, so I can… — 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 Actor 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 Being 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
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
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
