Quotes from Ethan Hawke

the theater is the living consciousness of the world.

It's our job to transform literature into an event. We do this with why and how. Why our character speaks and how our character speaks.

Justice. There is only one thing for which a knight has no patience: injustice. Every true knight fights for human dignity at all times.

Watching love die: that's an ornery armor-piercing bullet. When taking the kids to school, the laundry, and the dishes rain down on the last remaining coals of your romance like piss on a morning campfire. When all you're left with is enough smoke to choke on. Then your heart is dead.

It seemed the fluid in my inner ears was not level and that the separation from Mary was the cause.

There are only two kinds of Shakespeare productions; ones that change your life, and ones that suck shit. That's it. Because if it doesn't change the audience's life... the production has failed.

Some things suck; they hurt bad. The question is, Do you have the courage to let them?

There are only two possible outcomes whenever you compare yourself to another, vanity or bitterness, and both are without value.

THE quality of your life will, to a large extent, be decided by with whom you elect to spend your time.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome," Jimmy

I'm sorry I hurt your feelings, but I love you," I repeated. I wanted her to accept my apology and then we could kiss and get married. "You love me now?" she asked, straight-faced, turning so she was flat toward me, her hands tucked into the armpits of her sweatshirt. "I love you now." I tried to be clear, unafraid, unconflicted. "Tomorrow?" "I want to marry you," I said. There was a giant pause. We looked at each other.

Cochise : – We have fought long and as best we could against you. We have killed ten White Eyes for every Apache, but when one white man dies, many take his place. When one Apache dies, there is no one to take his place. We were no longer Indah , the living . We were now Indeh ... the dead .

We passed gas stations and chain food restaurants, with their billboards advertising happiness. I know the images in magazines and on TV aren't true representations of the world; I mean, that's obvious. But I still get this sinking feeling of disappointment, as if it is the world I should see.

Non c'è niente di male nell'essere arrabbiato: nessuno te lo proibisce. Ma ti ci vuole una quantità tremenda di energia per continuare a fare finta di non esserlo.

Do you know why King Arthur's knights could not see the mountain peak of Sea Fell? I shook my head no, Because--he smiled gently--that's where they were standing.

Shakespeare could do anything with words. You are not more intelligent than he--so don't try to fix his writing. Try to understand it. If the language is clumsy or contradictory--consider why? Every word was deliberately chosen. Trust me.

Per un breve periodo si può far finta di non sapere la verità. È come trattenere il respiro. Ma alla fine bisogna riprendere aria. Più in profondità si seppellisce una bugia, più forte è la pressione quando esplode.

She and I were giving each other the only thing we truly have to offer: our time. We were going to give each other the living minutes of our life.

Our actions are the ground we walk on.

In your mid-twenties, the paint is still wet on who you are.

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.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

The older I get, the more obvious it is that you're not really in control of your life, you're a part of a larger wave, no matter who you are.

It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.