John Hawkes People Quotations

I do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird, when I lived in Austin I was always cast as pretty normal people. But when I moved to Los Angeles I was immediately branded a psycho

I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.

I generally play strong people and scary people.

When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship.

I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to be a part of it whether it's a studio film or, more likely in that instance, an independent film.

People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.

When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down.

I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to walk away from it all.