List of Ethan Hawke Quotes

The Kindest Compliments I Have Ever Heard Are When Cops Tell Me Training Day And Assault On Precinct 13 Inspired Them To Become Cops. The Funniest Compliments I Have Ever Heard Are When People Tell Me That 'i Love Your Band Sugar Ray.

Alejandro Amenábar Has A Unique Way Of Approaching Movies And Thinking About Something Which Was New To Me. It Was Different. I Have A Lot Of Respect For Him So I Just Took A Gamble.

The Script [of Regression] Wasn't The Draw For Me. It Was Largely Alejandro [amenabar] And His Way Of Talking. To Hear Him Talking About The Script Was Way More Interesting Than The Script. He Wrote It, And So, English Is His Second Language. It's An Interesting Thing. I've Had That Before. I Was Directed By Alfonso Cuarón Before, Too. It's Always Interesting When You're Being Directed By Somebody Like That. So Much Of Directing Is About Communication, And Finding The Right Words, And What It Means, And How To Convey Certain Emotions And Ideas.

It's Always A Unique Challenge When You're Working With Somebody Where English Is Their Second Language.

I Did This Movie Right After It About The Life Of Chet Baker. It's Called Born To Be Blue. In That Situation, There's A Real Clear Character You're Drawing On. It's A Real Person. It's Really Exciting And Interesting To Do The Research To Figure Out How To Make That A Nuanced, Three-dimensional Human Being.

I Don't Have A Lot Of Experiences Like This Where Every Time I Thought I Had A Good Idea It Was Totally Wrong. I Had To Give In Completely And Just Try To Make The Movie Alejandro Amenábar Was Trying To Make.

It Was A Really Strange Experience. It Was Very Creative For Alejandro Amenábar. It Was Almost Like It Was The Most I Ever Felt Like I Was Helping Someone Paint. They Had A Very Clear Idea Of What They Wanted It To Look Like, Sound Like, Be Like. So, There Was No Operating Outside The Box. The Only Way To Help Him Was To Try To Really Be A Part Of His Imagination And Try To Make It Happen. He's A Super Kind And Loving Person. So, You Wanted To Help Him. It Just Was None Of My Normal Ways Of Helping A Director Work At All. So, It Was A Unique Experience For Me That Way.

I Love Working On Scripts. I Love Coming Up With Ideas About What People Would Dress Like Or Talk Like. I Love All That.

I Enjoyed Meeting Emma [watson]. I Have A Soft Spot In My Heart For Child Actors Growing Up. I Know How Hard That Is. Having Gone Through That Experience Myself, I Have A Lot Of Sensitivity To It. For Lack Of A Better Word, I Just Feel Like I Love These Kids, And I Want Them All To Grow Up And Love Themselves, And Not Get Caught Up In The Wrong Things, And To Learn All The Different Things This Profession Has To Give, And To Understand It.

It's Interesting To Get Older And Realize That Part Of Your Job Growing Up In This Profession Is To Help The Next Generation. More And More, With Boyhood And With Ellar Coltrane And With Emma [watson], I Start To See That Role. There's No Better Way. Nobody Wants Advice, So You Can't Really Give It. You Just Have To Try To Wish Them Well On Their Journey.

It Was When I Was On The Set Of Dead Poets Society.there Was Actor,his Name Was Norman Lloyd. One Day He Took Us All Aside And Said, "you Guys Don't Even Understand What A Powerful Experience You're Having. You Don't Really Understand What A Gift This Is." We Were Going, "what Does He Mean?" It Was That Really Wonderful Opportunities Aren't To Be Taken For Granted. I Often Found That It Had Embedded Itself In My Memory.

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.