Ethan Hawke Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary is trying to be about for me, finding balance, where the beauty that is attainable in the creative arts can be matched with the scratchy roughness of regular life.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“My goal is to tell good stories. And to try as best I can to do something new with acting. To learn from the past and to be a relevant artist. To make stories that are interesting and contemporary and to tell some kind of emotional truth.”
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“I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.”
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“The writing process was some of the most exciting and rewarding moments of my life. It felt a lot like being in a band.”
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“The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.”
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“The most creative and most periods of my life that were, had the most growth, were the ones where I was perceived to be failing. Perceived success is a, is really hard 'cause it doesn't really, it's not asking you to grow, see failure is asking you to grow.”
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“If you can channel the best part of you that is bigger than yourself, where it’s not about your ego and not about getting ahead, then you can have fun and you aren’t jealous of others. You see other people's talent as another branch of your own. You can keep it rooted in joy. Life is long and there are plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. The point of it all is to learn.”
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“People are conditioned to just you know, like, you know we're like little birdies going to the bird feeder you know, or the little cows going to the salt lick. We just like what we've seen before.”
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“Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.”
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“If you say to yourself, okay, I will not self-destruct. I don't have to be the most talented person. I don't have to be everybody's best friend, I don't have to be liked, I don't have to be successful, well, one thing I will not do is self-destruct. If you take that out, your chances for success just went up like 800 percent.”
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“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.”
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“You don't need other people to affirm that you're a valuable person.”
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“I kill flies, I eat meat, you know, whatever.”
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“Sometimes people, their creative drive comes from an energy to try to heal themselves.”
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“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.”
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“Your development as a person should coincide with your development in all aspects of your life.”
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“Directing is like putting together a collage.”
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“Sometimes people save the best part of themselves for their art.”
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“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.”
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“I believe in the healing restorative power of art and communication. And so that's probably my rule. But that doesn't apply to bedtimes. And stuff like that.”
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“Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little bit more than you want to pay.”
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“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.”
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“It's so hard for every young person, trying to figure out the adult you want to be.”
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“The constant buzz and pressure and noise and static of the Internet, and the way it makes young people feel makes it difficult to grow up and develop the way one might want to.”
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“Time is what creates trust.”
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“Time is so much a part of what makes you close to people.”
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“The older I get, the more obvious it is that you're not really in control of your life, you're a part of a larger wave, no matter who you are.”
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“It's difficult to make any kind of action movie that might be unique or worth watching.”
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