John Hawkes

I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.' ↗

— John Hawkes

#i #met #movie #robert #rodriguez

I think that no matter how dark a person is, the more you learn about them, the more you understand about their life, the more you can sympathize with them or even root for them. ↗

— John Hawkes

#dark #even #how #i #i think

I think we're all mysteries to ourselves. ↗

— John Hawkes

#i think #mysteries #ourselves #think

I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to walk away from it all. ↗

— John Hawkes

#attractive #away #before #disappear #fame

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

#apt #associations #believe #i #know

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

#crucible #guthrie #high #high school #i

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

#always #any #being #best #cliched

If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song, even if they've been doing it for 40 years, that's bad news. ↗

— John Hawkes

#bad #bad news #been #cool #doing

If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending. ↗

— John Hawkes

#best #ending #play #story #telling

It's hard to get concert tickets. ↗

— John Hawkes

#get #hard #tickets