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John Hawkes

American Actor

Born: Sep 11, 1959

Actor Life Me People Think You

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Being a kid, as all kids do, you feel out of place or like kind of a freak. You wake up feeling like your head got put onto someone else's body that day. John Hawkes

I think we've all been misled, at moments in our lives, certainly in school situations, and things like that, with getting with the wrong group briefly, or falling in with someone who we learn the truth about and no longer want to really be with. John Hawkes

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When I over-prepare, I try to let it all go and forget all about it when the camera rolls, so I can just be present with the other actors and allow what's going to happen to happen without too much preconception. John Hawkes

Try Too Much Just Be Too Other About Allow Without Go Camera Forget Going Rolls Just Happen Much Actor Present

I think we're all mysteries to ourselves. John Hawkes

Mysteries Think Ourselves

I generally play strong people and scary people. John Hawkes

People Strong Strong People Scary Generally Play

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show. John Hawkes

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If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending. John Hawkes

Best You Ending Telling Always Story Play

It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's not really our crowning achievement as a civilisation. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but it just bores me. John Hawkes

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet! John Hawkes

Lot Closet Skeletons

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture. John Hawkes

I don't have actor training myself. John Hawkes

Myself Training Actor

A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get. John Hawkes

You Jobs Lot Times Get Just Want

If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song, even if they've been doing it for 40 years, that's bad news. John Hawkes

News Song Everyone Musician Bad Pretty Bad News Doing Been Years Wants Cool Even Actor Play Thinks

I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.' John Hawkes

Met Robert Rodriguez Movie Working

You don't really ever think you're that crazy person you're playing. John Hawkes

Crazy You Think Person Crazy Person Really Ever Playing

I'd 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

Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day was going to be. And that's something I've never been able to shake. I loved that. John Hawkes

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