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 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 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 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 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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• It's hard to get concert tickets.

  John Hawkes

  Tickets, Concerts, Hard

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• I generally play strong people and scary people.

  John Hawkes

  Strong, Play, People

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

  John Hawkes

  Sometimes, Easy, Motive

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

  John Hawkes

  Usa, America, Exile

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