I love working on scripts. I love coming up with ideas about what people would dress like or talk like. I love all that.
Ethan HawkeI've very rarely worked with somebody that had such a clear idea of what Alejandro Amenรกbar wanted to do and what he wanted to achieve. The guy is incredibly prepared. He was clearly making a movie for himself and his own dream. I just tried to be a part of that dream. It's a rare opportunity.
Ethan HawkeNightmares are a strange thing. Your worst fear is sometimes something you enjoy thinking about, for some strange reason. I don't know why that is, but it's some kind of fantasy that people play out. "What would I do to protect my children? I'd do anything." And then, you watch it play out. I'm petrified of such a thing.
Ethan HawkeI think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.
Ethan HawkeGood genre movies are a little bit like trying to write a haiku. There are certain things that you have to do to fulfill the audience's expectations, but inside that, you have complete freedom to talk about whatever you want. Who wants to see a movie about gun violence in America and class? But, if you set it in this terrifying, fun, roller coaster ride of a movie, you can talk about whatever you want. That's been the game that genre movies play, when they do it well.
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