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Its difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesnt matter if you

Its difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesnt matter if youre talking vampire movies or Dawn of the Dead or The Thing or Escape From New York. Those kind of movies, they understand what the old-school B-movie is supposed to be, they get the throwback of it. – Ethan Hawke

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At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer, we invariably choose the money. – Ethan Hawke

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In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff. – Ethan Hawke

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I remember being a kid and sleeping over at my friends house and staying up late and watching Nosferatu. Vampire movies are supposed to be secret and bad. They should be rated R. – Ethan Hawke

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