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And the best films feel like a fist punching you in the solar plexus and all elements of the filmmaking process - the acting, the design, the cinematography, the music, is all working to one end.

And the best films feel like a fist punching you in the solar plexus and all elements of the filmmaking process - the acting, the design, the cinematography, the music, is all working to one end.

Ethan Hawke
Design, Acting, Elements
"Ethan Hawke Talks Regression". Interview with Josh Lasser, www.ign.com. February 4, 2016.

You need to be a good screen partner. It's very meaningful to me to be a part of great acting performances.

Ethan Hawke
Meaningful, Acting, Very Mean
Source: movieweb.com

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

Ethan Hawke
Years, Acting, Three

What I learned about acting, from my experiences directing, is why so many producers and directors don't like actors. You go through all of this work securing a location, figuring out how to get electricity there, how to get trucks parked where they need to be, and where catering is going to come from. And if the actors don't come up with some magic, it actually didn't matter. That creates a lot of animosity towards the actors.

Ethan Hawke
Magic, Acting, Truck
Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

I started acting when I was 13 years old and I feel like I really admire actors who are these kind of amazing shape-changing people, that they almost can turn themselves into other people.

Ethan Hawke
Years, People, Acting
"The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 12, 2012.

Sometimes in the life of an actor you're not getting offered any jobs that speak to you. The trouble with acting is that you're only as good as your opportunities.

Ethan Hawke
Jobs, Opportunity, Acting
"Ethan Hawke on Stage Fright, Denzel Washington: "Don't F - With Him, Man" (Q&A)". "The Hollywood Masters" with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 8, 2015.

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.

Ethan Hawke
Years, Desire, Acting
"Watch TIFF Talk: ‘Good Kill’ Team Ethan Hawke & Andrew Niccol Explore Drone Warfare". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. September 17, 2014.

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