John Hawkes Quotes

I'm more of an actor than a musician. I've made a little name for myself as an actor, but I also front this band. We have some great players out here, and we've found a little niche with L.A. Hootenanny.

I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.

I think they can co-exist. You don't have to put one down for another. I've been bitten by the acting bug, and where it takes me, it won't take away from the music.

I don't really make a distinction because when I'm acting, I feel like an actor, and when I DJ, I feel like a DJ, and when I play the guitar, I feel like a guitar player. I don't know which I prefer. I think I just like to perform, in some way or another.

It took me a couple years to get over the stereotype I was letting myself get caught up on, being a football player trying to start a career in music.

Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.

The acting part of me is not me. The music side is who I really am and what I want to talk about. It'll be hard for people to differentiate those different sides but I think it's possible. Once the music is out there, people will start to realize how serious I am about it rather than, 'Oh god, another actress making an album.'

Anyone that has a music career and an acting career I think is pretty fantastic.

Music is where my love is. I don't think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it's going to start being a good chunk of something I want to do.

The reason I like doing these acting projects is because no matter how much acting I do, I'll always have music in my life. I love having both.

You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.

Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though.

Music is the reason I'm doing movies; I do credit that. But acting is an escape route for me.

When I'm recording my album, I want to be acting, or when I'm on set, I want to be making music. I guess we'll see how it turns out and which one overpowers the other... but I couldn't really see my life without them, both of them.

I had to decide if I wanted to be a singer or an actor. I was always singing. I thought if I could be an actor, I could do all of it.

I was singing before I acted, but I was also attracted to drama, and, y'know, I got successful at that, which isn't a bad thing.

I've become really aware since putting out music that some people can't get past the acting thing. But acting was never what I meant to do.

I'm glad that it worked out that I get to act and play music and perform.

Though I'm getting a lot of acting offers, I'd like to enter only when I'm ready. My first love will always be music.

My father was an actor. Both of my older brothers are actors. My younger sister is an actress. For me, that's my job; that's my craft. But then all through school and through drama school, I was gigging and running nights and playing in bands, and I just didn't want to let that go.

As a kid and even to this day, I want to be an actor when I'm done playing. I work on music, too.

Music is what I always dreamed of doing. But at a certain point in my career, they convinced me to act, and that started me acting.

I want to be the Denzel of acting and the Michael Jackson of music.

I never thought I would actually become a professional actor. I just kept going with it. One thing led to another.

I was acting before I did music, so it is an easier transition for me in my own mindset.