John Hawkes

I don't have actor training myself. ↗

— John Hawkes

#i #myself #training

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

— John Hawkes

#i #limit #mean #try #visibility

I don't really try to judge any character that I play, afterwards I figure it out, but while I'm working on the character, I have to find something in them to relate to. ↗

— John Hawkes

#any #character #figure #find #i

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

— John Hawkes

#everyone #everything #got #i #life

I generally play strong people and scary people. ↗

— John Hawkes

#i #people #play #scary #strong

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle. ↗

— John Hawkes

#character #character actor #every #get #guess

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

#because #careful #choose #commercials #different

I lived in Texas for 10 years. ↗

— John Hawkes

#lived #texas #years

I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint a picture for an hour you're a better actor at the end of it. ↗

— John Hawkes

#art #better #better actor #come #end

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