Ethan Hawke
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Well, Rick wasn't, of course.
But we were shooting pool and this guy said to me, you know what?
You're almost interesting.
He said to me, you know, what you got to do is you got to go down to Mexico and disappear for a couple of years.
You know, live life a little bit.
Then you'll be somebody.
And the guy finally, when the night we're walking home with Rick, Rick said, let me tell you what you don't need to do.
Read some William Burroughs.
That might be a good idea.
Read some Hunter S. Thompson.
Skip the addiction path.
You don't have to go to Mexico.
You don't have to do it.
That's not the path to wisdom.
It has worked for a handful of people.
But most of us, I keep coming back to this conversation with Jodie Foster.
I read her interviews because I admire her because I know what she survived.