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
design acting elements
And the best films feel like a fist punching you in the solar plexus and all elements of the filmmaking process - the acting, the design, the cinematography, the music, is all working to one end.
years people acting
I started acting when I was 13 years old and I feel like I really admire actors who are these kind of amazing shape-changing people, that they almost can turn themselves into other people.
jobs opportunity acting
Sometimes in the life of an actor you're not getting offered any jobs that speak to you. The trouble with acting is that you're only as good as your opportunities.
years acting three
If I do three movies in a year, I don't feel like acting ever again.
years desire acting
I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do something else in my life.
book celebrity great modern relationship relationships root
There's something at the root of our love-hate relationship with celebrity that I think has the makings, if you could do it in a really substantive way, of a great modern American novel. And it's something I know a lot about, and so I feel like that's the book that I should write.
group split
I was the first one in my group to get married. Now I've split up, they're all married. They're like 'Come with us to our couple's retreat'. No thanks.
example great
My grandfather was a great example of his generation,
forward grand great hard john large medium people pushing stepping stone stories telling
There are a great many people that see independent film as a stepping stone to some kind of grand idea of some very large accomplishment, ... And there are some that see independent film as accomplishment enough, of pushing forward thought and telling stories that are hard to get told, pushing the medium forward, and John ... has been that for me and a lot of other people, I know.
amazing elements kids life matter
If my kids are doing well, then my life is going pretty well. And if my kids aren't doing well, it doesn't matter how the other elements of my life are. It's kind of amazing to have a context like that. This is really wonderful.
life
You know, I auditioned for 'Titanic.' Sometimes I muse on what would have happened. That would have been such a different life.
When an analogy is really singing, it's what you want it to be.
The theater, for me, has always been a place where I'm free to be more creative, a place to sharpen my tools.
chameleon guys kinds movies pushing themselves time ways
If you're not a real chameleon of an actor and if you're not one of those guys who can really shape-change themselves all the time, one of the ways to keep pushing yourself and keep changing is to be in different kinds of movies.