292 Quotes by Ethan Hawke

Few years ago I did a movie, Good Kill, about drone pilots and for four or five months I’m obsessed with the Air Force.

Right now, if you’re interested in being a dramatic actor, they’re not making that many just regular dramas. Movies have to have some other thing going on.

I feel like everyone I meet is an imaginary friend. I don’t know. The older I get the more I wonder what’s real.

And the joy of my job – and it’s really true – is that it’s constantly evolving and changing.

I’m always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren’t just dramas.

I’ve always been drawn to the best writing that I can find. I don’t care if it’s in movies or theater or whatever – if you want to be in front of an audience, you have to do writing you believe in.

With practice, you build the road to accomplish your goals. Excellence lives in attention to detail. Give your all, all the time. Don’t save anything for the walk home.

One of the things that separates a good genre movie from a bad genre movie, I always think, ironically, is when you care about the people. The dime a dozen ones are where you don’t have any awareness of the character.

If you don’t give inspiration an opportunity, it will never arrive.