Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. Youd wake up in the morning, and youd have no idea what your day was going to be. And thats something Ive never been able to shake. I loved that. – John Hawkes
As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as youre working and when the cameras rolling, but theres certainly a part of you that is aware of real life, that youre making a movie. – John Hawkes
Certainly Ive had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another. – John Hawkes
Id said to my sweetheart a couple of days before that the SAG and Spirit Award nomination was amazing and I had no attachment to the Academy Award. I knew I was an underdog so I just decided to sleep through the announcement. – John Hawkes
I never want to make a film. I dont wake up in the morning going, Ooh, Id really love to be on set making a film today. Im aware that other contemporary film directors perceive film-making as what they do, as what they have to do. But I would hope that I am more catholic in my tastes. – Stephen Daldry
When you look at a family, if you have a family that never interacts with each other, never has strong conversation with each other, never has disagreements, nine times out of ten you have a very cold family and theyre not going to be, at the end, theyre not going to be close. – Mike Singletary