John Hawkes Quotes
'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.
Quotes to Explore
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Be it a village or a city, education is very important, and it always comes into you.
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I was looking at my Instagram, and someone said to me, 'Who manages your Instagram?' I would never let anyone manage my Instagram! I enjoy it.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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Everybody's had their differences with President Trump. He's a polarizing president, but I think a majority of the people like what he's doing.
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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There have been periods of my life when I was heavier, like right after high school I definitely gained that freshman 15. It was tough to lose. Ever since then, I know that I can gain weight, so I try to be careful.
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In a lot of movies, you'll see people on crazy dates, and you're like, 'No one would ever do that!'
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I want to cause a change with my life, make the world a little better.
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I do seem to have a lot of family secrets in my novels. I guess I'm one of those writers who is often writing about the same sort of themes, but taking different angles on them.
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The censors have always had a field day with James Joyce, specifically with 'Ulysses,' but also with his other writings. The conventional wisdom is that this is because of sexually explicit passages (and there certainly are those). I have always thought that what the critics hated and feared about Joyce is his cry for human freedom.
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We want a money that some government mandarin can't just whisk into existence with a pen stroke.
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Whatever you want to call it, they have all these names for these coverages, I've seen them. Like those linemen coming out to jam me on the line of scrimmage. A lot of crazy stuff.
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I have three dogs at home. Even after losing a series or winning a series, they treat me the same way.
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The more you consume, the more insecure you are. It's the nature of the world.
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The first interviews I gave were entirely unpleasant. You have people trying to trip you up with impolite questions that have nothing to do with the books. It's simply vulgar curiosity, and I won't have it.
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We said from the very beginning that we're in this for the long haul.
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Alan Greenspan is unskilled; you don't take the unskilled seriously.
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And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.
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I remember going to the Gap when I was in the fifth grade, and I desperately wanted a pair of blue jeans. I was with my dad, and I remember picking up the jeans, looking at them, and thinking that they had to fit me. But there was nothing that fit me. This was before the age of stretch, so I was trying on adult Gap.
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I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.
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Remember that the worst accidents occur in the middle of the road.
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'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.
