Ethan Hawke

That's the story that, you know, Cash would tell.

And I asked Chris about it and he said, have you ever flown a such and such chopper?

And I said, no, I haven't.

He goes, there ain't no way in hell you can fly that thing with beer in one hand and a cassette in the other.

He said, that story, I don't know where he came up with that story.

He's just trying to help out my career and make a legend out of me, too.

But no, no, I just sent it to him via airmail.

You used the essential word in your first sentence, which is hypnosis.

I've spent my life studying what you just talked about.

And when you're acting with Denzel Washington, the power and strength and completeness of his imagination is hypnotizing.

And it's an invitation to join him.

And a great film is a collective imaginative experience when you watch The Godfather.

You're not fucking thinking about Al Pacino or James Caan or you think about Michael and Sonny and Tom and, you know, Vito.

I remember I watched Godfather.

I felt like I'd see those guys at the Knick game tomorrow.

That's how that's how much you're not thinking about the music.

You're not thinking about the shots.

You know, it's all one thing.

All these disparate elements turn into one fist.

You cannot do it alone, right?