Ethan Hawke
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But when you're doing a scene with Philip Seymour Hoffman,
It's not Phil that's talking to you.
It's like in the cartoon when the eyes go all squirrely.
And then all of a sudden, I'm not me.
And if I've done my work right,
All of a sudden I'm saying what's coming out of my mouth is what I prepared.
What's coming out of my pocket is what I prepared.
The way I'm moving is what I'm prepared.
And I'm not thinking about it.
It's like watching a great athlete.
When a great athlete makes a behind-the-back pass to the guy at the perfect second, he's not thinking, oh, I've got a cool idea.
I'm going to throw it behind my back and I'll catch him right as he's in stride.
It's years of practice that have let them know that I know where –
Because where else would he be?
You know, and things that are at first difficult become easy.
And then you can even get better from there and get better from there.
But that's the difference.
People talk about, you know, I love Daniel Day-Lewis, too.