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John Hawkes quotes: 'The New York Times' thing ... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.

'The New York Times' thing ... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.

John Hawkes quotes: I lived in Texas for 10 years.

I lived in Texas for 10 years.

John Hawkes quotes: The corridor smelled of water in the bottoms of purple vases and the piano was banging just beyond this emptiness.

The corridor smelled of water in the bottoms of purple vases and the piano was banging just beyond this emptiness.

John Hawkes quotes: Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.

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

John Hawkes quotes: When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps.

When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps.

John Hawkes quotes: It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

John Hawkes quotes: As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.

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

John Hawkes quotes: Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.

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

John Hawkes quotes: A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.

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

John Hawkes quotes: I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.

I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.

John Hawkes quotes: Part of the way that I work is to observe.

Part of the way that I work is to observe.

John Hawkes quotes: I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'

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

John Hawkes quotes: If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending.

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

John Hawkes quotes: You don't really ever think you're that crazy person you're playing.

You don't really ever think you're that crazy person you're playing.

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

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

John Hawkes quotes: It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.

It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.

John Hawkes quotes: Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.

Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.

John Hawkes quotes: When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down.

When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down.

John Hawkes quotes: 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.

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 quotes: If the birds sing, the nudes are not far off.

If the birds sing, the nudes are not far off.

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

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

John Hawkes quotes: I don't have actor training myself.

I don't have actor training myself.

John Hawkes quotes: I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility.

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

John Hawkes quotes: 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

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 quotes: 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.

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

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

John Hawkes quotes: The writer should always serve as his own angleworm - and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

The writer should always serve as his own angleworm - and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

John Hawkes quotes: You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help.

You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help.

John Hawkes quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I generally play strong people and scary people.

I generally play strong people and scary people.

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

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

John Hawkes quotes: It's hard to get concert tickets.

It's hard to get concert tickets.