Ethan Hawke

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  • “In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “I did one sci-fi movie. I did ‘Gattaca.’ I liked ‘Gattaca’ because that was always the kind of science fiction I really dug, the non-action oriented sci-fi.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “My relationship to reality has been so utterly skewed for so long that I don’t even notice it any more. It’s just my reality.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “If you’re not a real chameleon of an actor and if you’re not one of those guys who can really shape-change themselves all the time, one of the ways to keep pushing yourself and keep changing is to be in different kinds of movies.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “We live in a funny time. If you don’t go corporate, you can’t compete. You’re relegated as irrelevant. People used to admire that.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you’re objectifying yourself in some weird way.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “I’d be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I’ve made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “I’ve had a lot of experience in independent film, and about how to choose. You’ve got to be very discerning about where you put your five bucks, and where you cut and what you don’t cut.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, ‘Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,’ we invariably choose the money.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else’s business.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “In New York, you’ve got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they’re all on the same subway car.” -Ethan Hawke

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  • “If my kids are doing well, then my life is going pretty well. And if my kids aren’t doing well, it doesn’t matter how the other elements of my life are. It’s kind of amazing to have a context like that. This is really wonderful.” -Ethan Hawke

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