Ethan Hawke Quotes

Time is what creates trust.

You can't keep wanting to be 20 years old. Everybody knows that, but what's in the next room?

The theater, for me, has always been a place where I'm free to be more creative, a place to sharpen my tools.

The truth is that the more you get paid, the less freedom you have. They never pay you for nothing.

It is the fact that time is passing that creates its preciousness.

Everything is so finite but that's what makes our time and specific moments so important.

Understanding that he relies on all that surrounds him, a knight is kind above all.

I'd be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I've made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.

Pay attention: what you need to know is usually in front of you. There are no secrets, just things people choose not to notice.

Nothing teaches you like getting leveled. And I got leveled in my early 30s. Nothing went exactly the way I thought it would.

Directing is like putting together a collage.

In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

I do not want you children to use my untimely death, or any setback that life may deliver, as an excuse not to take responsibility for yourselves.

I'm magically delicious.

It's so hard for every young person, trying to figure out the adult you want to be.

My process differs ... my process for a Richard Linklater film is very different than a process for Training Day.

Sometimes people, their creative drive comes from an energy to try to heal themselves.

I have had so many bad auditions.

Few years ago I did a movie, Good Kill, about drone pilots and for four or five months I'm obsessed with the Air Force.

Whenever a really passionate, talented filmmaker seems to have an interest in me, I take it very seriously because I like to work.

It's difficult to make any kind of action movie that might be unique or worth watching.

And the joy of my job - and it's really true - is that it's constantly evolving and changing.

You are always in the right place at exactly the right time, and you always have been.

My relationship to reality has been so utterly skewed for so long that I don't even notice it any more. It's just my reality.

In your mid-twenties, the paint is still wet on who you are.

Sometimes people save the best part of themselves for their art.

I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.

Your development as a person should coincide with your development in all aspects of your life.

[She] and I were giving each other the only thing we truly have to offer: our time. We were going to give each other the living minutes of our life.

Those who cannot easily forgive will not collect many friends. Look for the best in others and yourself.

A knight sets out to illuminate the darkness in society, not from its leaves but from its roots. This is how justice will be realized. Find the source

Expect nothing, and you will enjoy everything!

Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want.

Time is so much a part of what makes you close to people.

When an analogy is really singing, it's what you want it to be.

It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.

The more kind of head trippy sci-fi. I always like that. I was a big 'Twilight Zone' freak.

We all see the world through the prism of our identity.

Ordinary effort, ordinary result ... Luck is the residue of design. Be steadfast. The anvil outlasts the hammer.

I love working on scripts. I love coming up with ideas about what people would dress like or talk like. I love all that.

You know, I auditioned for 'Titanic.' Sometimes I muse on what would have happened. That would have been such a different life.

It's always a unique challenge when you're working with somebody where English is their second language.

Stand like you deserve to be here

One of the things that's really lousy about making movies is that you have such little interaction with your audience.

If someone asks me if I believe in God, I shake my head like I couldn't give a shit, but the truth is, I do. I just don't know what to do about it.

Which wolf will win?...
whichever one you feed

I kill flies, I eat meat, you know, whatever.

Hello, you've reached the winter of our discontent.

Oddly, with discipline, structure, and order, you will find freedom, anything is possible. Without it, locating your saddle may take all morning.

Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense.

I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.

When I woke up I was naked. I have this one oddball idiosyncrasy: Sometimes in my sleep I take off all my clothes.

We live in a funny time. If you don't go corporate, you can't compete. You're relegated as irrelevant. People used to admire that.

To get to be somebody who gets to love what they do for a living, that's so rare, and so there must be some kind of price you have to pay.

All that stuff with the tabloids is a kind of luxury tax I pay for all the good things I do in my life.

The writing process was some of the most exciting and rewarding moments of my life. It felt a lot like being in a band.

I learned that evening that rain falls equally on all things. Jealousy, fear, and anger are obstacles to a knight's first goal: a clear mind.

You don't need other people to affirm that you're a valuable person.

There have always been two ways to be rich: by accumulating vast sums or by needing very little.

I think having nature be a part of people's lives helps all of us see ourselves as part of something larger.

There's something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious.

I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do something else in my life.

Simple joys are the great ones. Pleasure is not complicated.

But the truth is, I've never wanted to be a movie star - and I've been pretty clear about that.

I feel like everyone I meet is an imaginary friend. I don't know. The older I get the more I wonder what's real.

Some things suck; they hurt bad. The question is, Do you have the courage to let them?

I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.

Emma Watson is my kids' favorite actor on the planet. They never took me more seriously than when I was working with her.

We all have this fantasy of finding our one true love who's going to be the perfect fit. It's just not a reality.

The older I get, the more obvious it is that you're not really in control of your life, you're a part of a larger wave, no matter who you are.

The only thing I can point to of why I survived is I have a family that loves me and never wanted any money from me.

I've always watched actors on the red carpet getting drunk and making idiots of themselves and now I'm happy to join their ranks

Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little bit more than you want to pay.

I don't think Emma Watson needs any advice. She's an incredibly smart young woman who knows what she wants out of life and she has some great parents.

The girls who like me aren't the ones I like. Or, if I do and they want to commit, I suddenly need tons of time with my friends.

I'm always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren't just dramas.

Right now the only people I can really fall in love with are people who don't really, truly want me around. Now why do I do that?

If you don't give inspiration an opportunity, it will never arrive.

Grace is the ability to accept change. Be open and supple; the brittle break.

With this sunrise somehow I felt I was exactly where I was supposed to be ... Have faith, the light seemed to announce.

One of the hardest things about my job is that there kind of is no one rulebook that applies to all situations.

My favorite stories are human, so I'm always looking for.

If I do three movies in a year, I don't feel like acting ever again.

It is quite rare to find people who are really dedicated to a level of excellence. Most of us are really quite lazy most of the time.