Ethan Hawke Quotes
I did this movie right after it about the life of Chet Baker. It's called Born to Be Blue. In that situation, there's a real clear character you're drawing on. It's a real person. It's really exciting and interesting to do the research to figure out how to make that a nuanced, three-dimensional human being.
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I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Yoga may look peaceful and calming, but even Arnold Schwarzenegger would have trouble breathing after twenty 'surya namaskars' in a row.
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One of my biggest drawbacks is my inability to maintain my physique. I put on weight for 'Soodhu Kavvum' and never managed to shed it. Luckily, that look suited a few films, including 'Orange Mittai.'
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I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.
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I believe the United States is the greatest country on Earth. I really do.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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I try my damnedest to quirk up anything that I'm in.
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If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands, or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural disaster or an act of terrorism, the first 72 hours are going to be totally chaotic no matter what you plan to do.
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I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.
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I'm just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have 'Paranormal Activity' be released and become successful. And everything that's happened since then is just an enormous bonus.
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I love everyone over at Netflix. They're all fantastic and an absolute joy to work with.
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Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.
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I feel like I ask people who have been in the industry for a while a lot of questions.
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When I was little, I always wanted to grow up to be like Jessalyn Kincaid and Vanessa Severo. They showed me how much joy performing can give you.
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Immigrants are not the main threat to the industrialized world's workforce: robots are - or, rather, artificially intelligent robots are.
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Life happens whilst you're planning other things.
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I know there are people, if I go into a market or a city for the first time, there are people that are there that just want to see the famous person, or the guy from 'Dumb and Dumber' or whatever movie they liked. And that's fine, it gets them in the door, but then it's my job to give them something different.
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I think encouraging young people to twerk might be a bad thing. It's a stripper's move. If I had a daughter of nine, I wouldn't want her twerking.
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I did this movie right after it about the life of Chet Baker. It's called Born to Be Blue. In that situation, there's a real clear character you're drawing on. It's a real person. It's really exciting and interesting to do the research to figure out how to make that a nuanced, three-dimensional human being.
