John Hawkes famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.
-- John Hawkes

#Able #Complacency #Authenticity
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.
-- John Hawkes

#Character #Writing #Thinking
If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending.
-- John Hawkes

#Play #Stories
It's hard to get concert tickets.
-- John Hawkes

#Tickets #Concerts
It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.
-- John Hawkes

#Talking #Interviews #Odd
It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.
-- John Hawkes

#Actors #Knees #Tough
Part of the way that I work is to observe.
-- John Hawkes

#Way
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.
-- John Hawkes

#Moving #People #Kind
Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.
-- John Hawkes

#Joy #Meat #Band
'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.
-- John Hawkes

#New York #Thinking #Would Be
There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!
-- John Hawkes

#Skeletons #Closets
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.
-- John Hawkes

#Independent #People #Add
I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.
-- John Hawkes

#Men #Film #Sour
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.
-- John Hawkes

#Believe #Play #People
I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.
-- John Hawkes

#Thinking #Mystery
I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'
-- John Hawkes

#Mets
It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from the real people.
-- John Hawkes

#Real #Nice #Artist
As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.
-- John Hawkes

#Mistake #Thinking #Play
I don't think there are in life, pure darkness or pure light. Everyone's got a little of everything.
-- John Hawkes

#Thinking #Light #Darkness
A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.
-- John Hawkes

#Jobs #Want
Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.
-- John Hawkes

#Thinking #Persons #Findings
Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.
-- John Hawkes

#Levels #Uncomfortable #Infamy
For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.
-- John Hawkes

#Challenges #Different #Roles
I don't have actor training myself.
-- John Hawkes

#Training #Actors
I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility.
-- John Hawkes

#Mean #Trying #Limits
I generally play strong people and scary people.
-- John Hawkes

#Strong #Play #People
I lived in Texas for 10 years.
-- John Hawkes

#Texas #Years
It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's not really our crowning achievement as a civilisation. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but it just bores me.
-- John Hawkes

#Years #Achievement #Hollywood

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