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
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In the time between when you first read a script and are offered the role and the time when you begin to shoot, I really love putting in the time and work on that and getting a solid backstory to a character and researching all that I can about what that person does for a vocation or their upbringing or where they're from.
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Because of my father's dislocated life, I knew intuitively that I wanted to have as few jobs as possible by the time I was married.
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Once I started to write prose, I certainly did not envy the poets. I've mocked poets and poetry ever since I began writing fiction.
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