Quotes By John Hawkes
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
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
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.
John Hawkes
You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help.
John Hawkes
As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though you can ask where the frame is. A move that feels tiny can be huge, and vice versa.
John Hawkes
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.
John Hawkes
It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.
John Hawkes
If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song, even if they've been doing it for 40 years, that's bad news.
John Hawkes
I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.
John Hawkes
I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.
John Hawkes
Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day was going to be. And that's something I've never been able to shake. I loved that.
John Hawkes
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
I'd said to my sweetheart a couple of days before that the SAG and Spirit Award nomination was amazing and I had no attachment to the Academy Award. I knew I was an underdog so I just decided to sleep through the announcement.
John Hawkes
Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.
John Hawkes
The only thing I do on a computer is play Texas Hold 'Em, really. Obviously my cell phone is a computer. My car is a computer. I'm on computers every day without actively seeking them out.
John Hawkes
I think we've all been misled, at moments in our lives, certainly in school situations, and things like that, with getting with the wrong group briefly, or falling in with someone who we learn the truth about and no longer want to really be with.
John Hawkes
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
My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.
John Hawkes
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
'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.
John Hawkes
It's not like every director in every movie is seeking me out by any means, there are a lot of things I'm not suited for, a lot of things I'm not interested in, and a lot of things that directors wouldn't be interested in me for.
John Hawkes
I don't really try to judge any character that I play, afterwards I figure it out, but while I'm working on the character, I have to find something in them to relate to.
John Hawkes
It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems.
John Hawkes