John Hawkes Quotes

I work primarily for the camera-it's not something I really talk about a lot, but it's part of the way I am as a movie actor. The camera is my girl, as it were.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.

There's something about actors - not stars, but actors - if they have the character, and someone is pushing and shoving them to be the best they can be, they enjoy that.

With some actors, you can tell when they're acting all by themselves, no matter who else is in the screen.

Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script.

On stage, everyone stays put; the vantage point is always the vantage point, and you have to play to the size of the house. And of course, on film, there's different angles, different shots, so that determines how animated or how still you must be.

Being an actor, I have no issues with a character being negative or positive as long as the role is substantial and meaty.

I would like to believe that all the roles I have portrayed so far - no matter how significant or insignificant they are - have been appreciated by the audience.

Once you are in the character, you should let your inner actor take over you.

I find it easy to be myself as an actor.

In the end, only a good actor stands out; if I am not a good actor, I won't stand out.

People assume that acting is an easy job. When you actually do it, you know how hard that is.

To be a good actor, you need to be able to emote with your body.

As an actor, you are either emulating someone else, or some version of yourself.

I would loved to be called a character actor.

I don't think I was bubbly in 'Oohalu Gusagusalade.' It was a real character.

I want to be known as an actor who can do all kinds of roles.

I'm not a critic. I'm an actor. I see the role I get given on the page. I try to bring it to life as best as I can.

I had done acting at school, and it felt like something that came very naturally to me.

When you watch me on the screen, you should not be able to recognise me. If people say, you're a natural and an organic actor, that's an insult. If you're being yourself all the time on screen, that means you don't know how to act.

The only pressure, as an actor, is to step into Eric Carter's shoes and make him as fully and as complex and as flawed and as human as I could.

I never had an acting lesson.

Every actor will say there are no small roles. And that is true.

I always enjoyed being in front of the camera.