John Hawkes
John Hawkes
John Hawkesis an American film and television actor. He is known for his portrayal of the merchant Sol Star on the HBO series Deadwood, Dustin Powers on Eastbound & Down, Academy Award-nominated performance as the menacing backwoods meth addict "Teardrop" Dolly in Winter's Bone and his Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominated portrayal of Mark O'Brien in The Sessions...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth11 September 1959
CountryUnited States of America
should barbs fishes
The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.
sometimes easy motive
Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.
tv-shows television tvs
I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.
airplane may ships
It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.
alaska people way
When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship.
alaska years
Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year.
actors knee-jerk-reactions knees
It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.
talking interviews odd
It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.
character writing thinking
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 attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change.
real nice artist
It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from the real people.
mistake thinking play
As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.
jobs want
A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.
levels uncomfortable infamy
Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.
challenges roles actors
For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.