John Hawkes Quotes

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

  John Hawkes

  Able, Complacency, Authenticity

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• I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and having once abandoned these familiar ways of thinking about fiction, totality of vision or structure was really all that remained.

  John Hawkes

  Writing, Character, Thinking

  John Hawkes, Anthony C. Santore, Michael N. Pocalyko (1977). “A John Hawkes symposium: design and debris”, New Directions Publishing Corporation

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• I lived in Texas for 10 years. There were a lot of people chewing, including my dad.

  John Hawkes

  Texas, Years

  Interview with Noel Murray, film.avclub.com. June 10, 2010.

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

  John Hawkes

  Mets

  Interview with Noel Murray, film.avclub.com. June 10, 2010.

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• I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.

  John Hawkes

  Thinking, Mystery

  "John Hawkes MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 22, 2011.

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• I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.

  John Hawkes

  Believe, Play, People

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• If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending.

  John Hawkes

  Play, Stories, Ifs

  "John Hawkes: 'I play nerds, psychos ... psycho-nerds'". Interview with Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2012.

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• It's hard to get concert tickets.

  John Hawkes

  Tickets, Concerts, Hard

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• It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

  John Hawkes

  Talking, Interviews, Odd

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• I generally play strong people and scary people.

  John Hawkes

  Strong, Play, People

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

  John Hawkes

  Mean, Trying, Limits

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• I don't have actor training, myself.

  John Hawkes

  Training, Actors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Writing, Character, Thinking

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

  John Hawkes

  Jobs, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  John Hawkes

  Thinking, Persons, Findings

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

  John Hawkes

  Levels, Uncomfortable, Infamy

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

  John Hawkes

  Challenges, Different, Roles

  "John Hawkes’ House Rules". Interview with Durga Chew-Bose, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 21, 2011.

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• Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.

  John Hawkes

  Sometimes, Easy, Motive

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• 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

  People, Nerd, Austin

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• You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help

  John Hawkes

  Needs, Helping, Forget

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do

  John Hawkes

  School, Crucible, Sophomore

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• 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

  Thinking, Healthy, Training

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• I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing.

  John Hawkes

  Workout, School, Sunday

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• The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

  John Hawkes

  Magnificence, Language, Torment

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• To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.

  John Hawkes

  Ocean, Water, Scary

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