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
attractive level people prospect understand understood
I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to walk away from it all.
gets people tear
When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down.
people nerd austin
I do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird, when I lived in Austin I was always cast as pretty normal people. But when I moved to Los Angeles I was immediately branded a psycho
believe play people
I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.
strong play people
I generally play strong people and scary people.
alaska people way
When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship.
independent people stories
I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to be a part of it whether it's a studio film or, more likely in that instance, an independent film.
moving people kind
People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.
pace race speed
The speed of the race is a concern. There is not a lot of pace in the race,
bmw head ok race towards
Railings will probably head towards a race like The BMW if he comes up OK in the autumn.
good
When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps.
mean next papers signed time
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.
allow present
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.
cast demo great headed hollywood living realized together
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.