Ethan Hawke
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
What I know what to do is not to pretend that I'm not nervous.
When he's saying, I'm afraid, that's very powerful.
It's kind of the same, a different spin on what I'm saying about it.
It's okay to say, I don't know.
And there's a great Sarah Bernhardt story about this young actress.
Comes up to Sarah Bernhardt.
She's this great actress from the previous, you know, a long time ago.
But before Sarah Bernhardt was about to go on stage, this young actress asked her to sign her program.
Sarah Bernhardt took it and her hands were shaking.
And this young actress said, why are your hands shaking?
And the young person said, I'm never nervous when I act.
Sarah Bernhardt says, when you know what you're doing, you will be.
And it's a part of what you're talking about with your fighting, knowing that there's nothing wrong with anxiety and with nerves.