Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, writer and director. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Hawke has directed two feature films, three Off-Broadway plays, and a documentary, and wrote the novels The Hottest Stateand Ash Wednesday...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth6 November 1970
CityAustin, TX
CountryUnited States of America
life
You know, I auditioned for 'Titanic.' Sometimes I muse on what would have happened. That would have been such a different life.
admire front growing handle hard people public punk
He was such a punk when he was a kid, ... It can be hard growing up in front of the public that way, and I always admire people who handle that with grace.
example great
My grandfather was a great example of his generation,
dream growing-up kids
Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.
horse training different
It was fantastic to be on the set again with Denzel (Washington) and Antoine (Fuqua) and then to have the situation be so different. We weren't making a sequel to Training Day. We were in the middle of the desert riding around on some horses.
training different film
My process differs... my process for a Richard Linklater film is very different than a process for Training Day.
circles forgiving wire
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 to me and then I got kind of nervous and I paced in a circle and then took a step and tripped and fell on my face. You just have to forgive yourself and keep going on.
independent cutting bucks
I've had a lot of experience in independent film, and about how to choose. You've got to be very discerning about where you put your five bucks, and where you cut and what you don't cut.
struggle people kind
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 would struggle to be that kind of person.
successful intelligent unique
The experience on that movie ( Dead Poets Society ) was, for lack of a better term, life-altering. Peter Weir has a unique talent for making movies that are intelligent but also mainstream. I've never been terribly successful at doing that.
messages entertainment horror
The thing that makes a great genre movie is one that's not just entertainment, not just horror or sci-fi or whatever. The ones I love are the genre pictures with some subversive message underlying it all.
dream personal-life
It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.
smarter
I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.
auditions
I have had so many bad auditions.