292 Quotes by Ethan Hawke

The idea that a film is created in the editing room – it’s only a certain kind of movie that’s made in the editing room and it’s not one that I really want to see.

I think it’s my job to risk looking foolish. One of the things I’ve learned from the actors I’ve worked with is you don’t get something for nothing. If you don’t risk looking foolish, you’ll never do anything special.

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.

It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else’s business.

It’s certainly an interesting moment to try to talk about, ’cause you could make a great show about the police force right now, with all that’s happening in the news and Ferguson and all of it.

I did this movie, Predestination, and it’s one of my favorite movies I’ve ever made, because sci-fi really lets you talk about ideas in a way that’s not pretentious.

Possessions can be, and most often are, a distraction from the real work of a knight’s life. A lion doesn’t own anything at all, yet we all know his power.

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.

I do not want you children to use my untimely death, or any setback that life may deliver, as an excuse not to take responsibility for yourselves.