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

  John Hawkes

  Way

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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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• 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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• '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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I don't have actor training, myself.

  John Hawkes

  Training, Actors

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

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