American - Actor | September 11, 1959 -
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
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For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.
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When I realized that you can't necessarily be cast in a really great part living in Austin, even when Hollywood comes to town, I got a demo reel together and headed out west.
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It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.
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When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps.
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As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though you can ask where the frame is. A move that feels tiny can be huge, and vice versa.
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As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as you're working and when the camera's rolling, but there's certainly a part of you that is aware of real life, that you're making a movie.
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The only thing I do on a computer is play Texas Hold 'Em, really. Obviously my cell phone is a computer. My car is a computer. I'm on computers every day without actively seeking them out.
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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.
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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.
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My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.
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Being a kid, as all kids do, you feel out of place or like kind of a freak. You wake up feeling like your head got put onto someone else's body that day.
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