“I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not s...” — John Hawkes Quote

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.

I don't really try to judge any character that I play, afterwards I figure it out, but while I'm working on the character, I have to find something in them to relate to.

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

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do.

If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched.

I really feel like the first day I went to drama school and I went up on stage, that I found my vocation. It's kind of a cliched thing to say but I really feel like it was what I was meant to do.

I love art, but not in a cliched, luvvie way.

I have a legion of friends and the best ones are my immediate family, which is very cliched but true.

I am done with the cliched heroine roles. I can't go to work without a challenge. I want to do films that drive me, films in which I am a part of the main plot.