292 Quotes by Ethan Hawke

I learned that evening that rain falls equally on all things. Jealousy, fear, and anger are obstacles to a knight’s first goal: a clear mind.

The thing that makes a great genre movie is one that’s not just entertainment, not just horror or sci-fi or whatever. The ones I love are the genre pictures with some subversive message underlying it all.

It’s always a unique challenge when you’re working with somebody where English is their second language.

Pride. Never pretend you are not a knight of attempt to diminish yourself because you deem it will make others more comfortable. We show others the most respect by offering the best of ourselves.

I don’t think Emma Watson needs any advice. She’s an incredibly smart young woman who knows what she wants out of life and she has some great parents.

I personally don’t think grand gestures are actually romantic. The most romantic moments of my life have been so subtle and small. A snowstorm breakfast, a walk, an accidental meeting. Whenever you start planning these grand things, ‘I’m gonna pick the great flower from the top of Mt. Everest’, you’re already losing. You’re trying too hard.

One of the things that’s really lousy about making movies is that you have such little interaction with your audience.

The most creative and most periods of my life that were, had the most growth, were the ones where I was perceived to be failing. Perceived success is a, is really hard ’cause it doesn’t really, it’s not asking you to grow, see failure is asking you to grow.

There’s only so often you’re going to have an opportunity to contribute at a high level and that you should be grateful whenever one presents itself and not take it lightly.