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
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Some friends of mine bothered me for a long time about getting on the social networking pages. They were close friends that I liked to mess with, and I think that I kind of enjoyed for a while that it bothered them so much. Now they've just kind of given up.
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In the time between when you first read a script and are offered the role and the time when you begin to shoot, I really love putting in the time and work on that and getting a solid backstory to a character and researching all that I can about what that person does for a vocation or their upbringing or where they're from.
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Because of my father's dislocated life, I knew intuitively that I wanted to have as few jobs as possible by the time I was married.
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Just because I've signed his papers doesn't mean he's going to ride. It could be next week, it could be next month, it will be up to me when I feel the time is right.
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I think that no matter how dark a person is, the more you learn about them, the more you understand about their life, the more you can sympathize with them or even root for them.
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I think we've all been misled, at moments in our lives, certainly in school situations, and things like that, with getting with the wrong group briefly, or falling in with someone who we learn the truth about and no longer want to really be with.
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The only thing I do on a computer is play Texas Hold 'Em, really. Obviously my cell phone is a computer. My car is a computer. I'm on computers every day without actively seeking them out.
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We have good chances in most of the races and that's all you can ask. You need luck to win a race, anywhere.
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When I realized that you can't necessarily be cast in a really great part living in Austin, even when Hollywood comes to town, I got a demo reel together and headed out west.
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If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song, even if they've been doing it for 40 years, that's bad news.
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Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day was going to be. And that's something I've never been able to shake. I loved that.
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He was the best. He was phenomenal. You wouldn't get a better jockey. He is probably riding in his twilight now, but he's still capable of competing with the very best,
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I didn't worry about any criticism of the horse, I was happy enough with his earlier runs. He was set for the Derby and he peaked on the right day. It was a pleasing result.
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When I over-prepare, I try to let it all go and forget all about it when the camera rolls, so I can just be present with the other actors and allow what's going to happen to happen without too much preconception.