John Hawkes Quotes

For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change.
John Hawkes

Life, Change, Good

It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from the real people.
John Hawkes

Life, Nice, Real

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.
John Hawkes

Fear, Around, Able

A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.
John Hawkes

As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as you're working and when the camera's rolling, but there's certainly a part of you that is aware of real life, that you're making a movie.
John Hawkes

Life, Strong, Real

As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.
John Hawkes

Play, Actor, Mistake

As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though you can ask where the frame is. A move that feels tiny can be huge, and vice versa.
John Hawkes

Chance, Often, Actor

Being a kid, as all kids do, you feel out of place or like kind of a freak. You wake up feeling like your head got put onto someone else's body that day.
John Hawkes

Someone, Feeling, Put

Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.
John Hawkes

Experience, Person, Thinking

Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.
John Hawkes

Small, Personal, Makes

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.
John Hawkes

Different, Challenge, Sure

Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day was going to be. And that's something I've never been able to shake. I loved that.
John Hawkes

Morning, Able, Idea

I do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird, when I lived in Austin I was always cast as pretty normal people. But when I moved to Los Angeles I was immediately branded a psycho.
John Hawkes

Someone, Pretty, Weird

I don't have actor training myself.
John Hawkes

Training, Actor

I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am.
John Hawkes

Help, Person, Training

I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility.
John Hawkes

Mean, Try, Limit

I don't really try to judge any character that I play, afterwards I figure it out, but while I'm working on the character, I have to find something in them to relate to.
John Hawkes

Character, Judge, Find

I don't think there are in life, pure darkness or pure light. Everyone's got a little of everything.
John Hawkes

Life, Everything, Light

I generally play strong people and scary people.
John Hawkes

Strong, Play, Scary

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.
John Hawkes

Character, Actor, Level

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.
John Hawkes

Different, Show, Choose

I lived in Texas for 10 years.
John Hawkes

I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint a picture for an hour you're a better actor at the end of it.
John Hawkes

Art, End, Picture

I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'
John Hawkes

Working, Movie, Met

I think that no matter how dark a person is, the more you learn about them, the more you understand about their life, the more you can sympathize with them or even root for them.
John Hawkes

Life, Person, Understand

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: September 11, 1959

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