John Hawkes

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

— John Hawkes

#around #authenticity #being #cliche #complacency

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

— John Hawkes

#jobs #just #lot #times #want

As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as you're working and when the camera's rolling, but there's certainly a part of you that is aware of real life, that you're making a movie. ↗

— John Hawkes

#aware #camera #certainly #imagination #life

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

— John Hawkes

#any #ending #i #i think #make

As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though you can ask where the frame is. A move that feels tiny can be huge, and vice versa. ↗

— John Hawkes

#ask #audience #chance #even #exactly

Being a kid, as all kids do, you feel out of place or like kind of a freak. You wake up feeling like your head got put onto someone else's body that day. ↗

— John Hawkes

#body #day #else #feel #feeling

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

— John Hawkes

#certainly #experience #finding #had #i

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

— John Hawkes

#even #i #infamy #level #makes

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

— John Hawkes

#any #challenge #different #different way #each

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

#get #i #life #nice #other