American - Actor | September 11, 1959 -
I think that no matter how dark a person is, the more you learn about them, the more you understand about their life, the more you can sympathize with them or even root for them.
John Hawkes
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I think we've all been misled, at moments in our lives, certainly in school situations, and things like that, with getting with the wrong group briefly, or falling in with someone who we learn the truth about and no longer want to really be with.
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In the time between when you first read a script and are offered the role and the time when you begin to shoot, I really love putting in the time and work on that and getting a solid backstory to a character and researching all that I can about what that person does for a vocation or their upbringing or where they're from.
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When I over-prepare, I try to let it all go and forget all about it when the camera rolls, so I can just be present with the other actors and allow what's going to happen to happen without too much preconception.
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I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.
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I don't really try to judge any character that I play, afterwards I figure it out, but while I'm working on the character, I have to find something in them to relate to.
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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.
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Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.
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It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems.
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I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility.
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I generally play strong people and scary people.
PeopleStrongPlayScaryGenerally
I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.
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