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John Hawkes Quotes

American - Actor | September 11, 1959 -

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

Life Light Darkness Think Everything

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.

Best Man Picture Say Never Always

I do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird, when I lived in Austin I was always cast as pretty normal people. But when I moved to Los Angeles I was immediately branded a psycho.

People Weird Someone Los Angeles

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.

School Performance High School Right

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

Help You Professional Forget Never

I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am.

Training I Am Think Feel Help You

For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change.

Life Change Good Character People

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

Mistake Ending Think Play Actor Any

I don't have actor training myself.

Myself Training Actor

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

You Want Get Just Jobs Times

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

Joy Band Starting Meat Own Made

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.

Cool Song Doing Bad Play News

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