292 Quotes by Ethan Hawke

It’s so hard for every young person, trying to figure out the adult you want to be.

When you do ‘Before Sunset,’ you know while it’s a limited audience, there was a very small group of people that love ‘Before Sunrise.’ You feel a certain pressure to make sure that you uphold a level of quality that has been a bar. You set a bar and you have to at least match it.

I’ve turned down good directors before because I knew the part didn’t speak to me and I’ve worked with less talented directors before because the part I had such passion for.

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.

Hello, you’ve reached the winter of our discontent.

A lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You’re always fighting against the idea that only the British know how to do Shakespeare.

Speech. Do not speak ill of others. A knight does not spread news that he does not know to be certain, or condemn things that he does not understand.

The more kind of head trippy sci-fi. I always like that. I was a big ‘Twilight Zone’ freak.

I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It’s just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you’re gonna be all right.