If I do three movies in a year, I don't feel like acting ever again. Ethan Hawke More Quotes by Ethan Hawke More Quotes From Ethan Hawke I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It's just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you're gonna be all right. Ethan Hawke daughterwishfame A good movie humanizes people. Ethan Hawke good-moviepeople 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 crazyfightingideas Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense. Ethan Hawke pretenseheartgiving 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 bandmomentswriting 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 fantasyperfectreality 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 tunnelssimplefun And the joy of my job - and it's really true - is that it's constantly evolving and changing. Ethan Hawke evolvejoyjobs 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 rootsopportunityart 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 figuresstarspeople 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 rainskylaughing 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 teachway 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 littlesbirdpeople It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business. Ethan Hawke personal-lifedream 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 ridingtraininghorse 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 drunkredactors 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 dyingtryingart 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 characterpeoplethinking
