I auditioned for Robert Redford once and I was so starstruck I couldn't even speak. I had a mic wire at a screen test clipped to me and then I got kind of nervous and I paced in a circle and then took a step and tripped and fell on my face. You just have to forgive yourself and keep going on.
Ethan HawkeI feel like everyone I meet is an imaginary friend. I don't know. The older I get the more I wonder what's real.
Ethan HawkeIt's always a unique challenge when you're working with somebody where English is their second language.
Ethan HawkeWhenever a really passionate, talented filmmaker seems to have an interest in me, I take it very seriously because I like to work.
Ethan HawkeI did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fiction I really dug, the non-action oriented sci-fi.
Ethan HawkeYears ago I was going to play Chet Baker in another movie and I really felt drawn to that character and the script is good and I met with Robert and we seemed simpatico and we developed. But I had a real passion for that role and that brought me deep into that film 'cause I got the sense that Robert Budreau was going to really let me be creative inside this part.
Ethan Hawke