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 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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• People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.

  John Hawkes

  Moving, People, Kind

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• I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

  John Hawkes

  Usa, America, Exile

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• 'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.

  John Hawkes

  New York, Thinking, Would Be

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• Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.

  John Hawkes

  Joy, Meat, Band

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

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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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• Part of the way that I work is to observe.

  John Hawkes

  Way

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• There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!

  John Hawkes

  Skeletons, Closets

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

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• I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to be a part of it whether it's a studio film or, more likely in that instance, an independent film.

  John Hawkes

  Independent, People, Add

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• I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.

  John Hawkes

  Men, Film, Grapes

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• It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's not really our crowning achievement as a civilisation. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but it just bores me.

  John Hawkes

  Years, Achievement, Hollywood

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• The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

  John Hawkes

  Should, Fishes, Barbs

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• 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

  Tv Shows, Different, Television

  "EXCLUSIVE: John Hawkes Explains Why He Turned Down The Walking Dead". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. April 18, 2012.

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• It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.

  John Hawkes

  Airplane, Males, Female

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• When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship.

  John Hawkes

  Alaska, People, Ships

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• Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year.

  John Hawkes

  Alaska, Years

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• It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.

  John Hawkes

  Actors, Knee Jerk Reactions, Knees

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

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

  John Hawkes

  Thinking, Light, Darkness

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

  John Hawkes

  Mistake, Thinking, Play

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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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• 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

  Real, Nice, Artist

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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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