Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little bit more than you want to pay. Ethan Hawke More Quotes by Ethan Hawke More Quotes From Ethan Hawke A good movie humanizes people. Ethan Hawke good-movie people A lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You're always fighting against the idea that only the British know how to do Shakespeare. Ethan Hawke crazy fighting ideas Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense. Ethan Hawke pretense heart giving The writing process was some of the most exciting and rewarding moments of my life. It felt a lot like being in a band. Ethan Hawke band moments writing When I see Lionel Messi play soccer, he lets the game come to him. He lets the game unveil itself to him, then like a lion he eats the whole thing. Ethan Hawke soccer We all have this fantasy of finding our one true love who's going to be the perfect fit. It's just not a reality. Ethan Hawke fantasy perfect reality Whenever actors tout off about doing their own stunts, it's always ... they're so protective of you that I always know these stunt guys are so good [and] they're never going to put you in danger. But it's fun to do something kind of exciting, even something as simple as driving 70 through a tunnel with five motorcycles ... it sounds simple, but it's actually really nerve-wracking. Ethan Hawke tunnels simple fun And the joy of my job - and it's really true - is that it's constantly evolving and changing. Ethan Hawke evolve joy jobs I've had different opportunities in my life, but I've tried to maintain the spirit of an amateur. Our culture roots everything in the barometer of success and how much money you make. But if you really just aspire to a life in the arts, it's really not a barometer at all. Ethan Hawke roots opportunity art Some people burn out, and some people like Clint Eastwood, he was a wild, international movie star in his 30s, and he's doing the best work of his life now. Go figure. Ethan Hawke figures stars people I take pleasure in the little things. Double cheeseburgers, those are good, the sky ten minutes before it rains,the moment your laugh turns into a cackle. And I sit here, and smoke my Camel straights, and I ride my own melt. Ethan Hawke rain sky laughing Nothing teaches you like getting leveled. And I got leveled in my early 30s. Nothing went exactly the way I thought it would. Ethan Hawke teach way People are conditioned to just you know, like, you know we're like little birdies going to the bird feeder you know, or the little cows going to the salt lick. We just like what we've seen before. Ethan Hawke littles bird people It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business. Ethan Hawke personal-life dream 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. Ethan Hawke riding training horse I've always watched actors on the red carpet getting drunk and making idiots of themselves and now I'm happy to join their ranks Ethan Hawke drunk red actors Time is so much a part of what makes you close to people. Ethan Hawke people The Woodstock Film festival is among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn’t trying to sell you anything, but simply and beautifully celebrating the art & craft of filmmaking. Ethan Hawke dying trying art One of the things that separates a good genre movie from a bad genre movie, I always think, ironically, is when you care about the people. The dime a dozen ones are where you don't have any awareness of the character. Ethan Hawke character people thinking I'm magically delicious. Ethan Hawke delicious