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
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.
people way salinger
I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.
heart giving pretense
Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense.
ideas giving trying
I don't have a lot of experiences like this where every time I thought I had a good idea it was totally wrong. I had to give in completely and just try to make the movie Alejandro Amenábar was trying to make.
happiness want getting-what-you-want
Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want.
spirit realizing kindred-spirit
The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.
crazy fighting ideas
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.
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.
book eye simple
Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another keyhole from which you can gaze.
success overcoming obstacles
Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.
real writing heartbreaking
There is no trick to writing a believable love story, a heartbreaking scene or real-sounding dialogue. All you need is to tell the truth. It’s always heartbreaking.
horse reality ideas
I have totally hitched my wagon to the horse of storytelling, and the idea that none of us know why we're born, or why we're gonna die, or what we're planted here, or what's on the other side of the galaxy, or when time began, or when time end. The whole nature of reality is pretty up for grabs, really.
rain sky laughing
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.
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.