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
thinking healthy training
I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am
thinking mystery
I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.
thinking findings persons
Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.
character writing thinking
For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change.
mistake thinking play
As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.
thinking light darkness
I don't think there are in life, pure darkness or pure light. Everyone's got a little of everything.
new-york thinking actors
'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.
character writing thinking
I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and having once abandoned these familiar ways of thinking about fiction, totality of vision or structure was really all that remained.
pace race speed
The speed of the race is a concern. There is not a lot of pace in the race,
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.
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.