#me

I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#greater #i #know #nothing #something

It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's not really our crowning achievement as a civilisation. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but it just bores me. ↗

— John Hawkes

#attempt #bores #civilisation #crowning #done

It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems. ↗

— John Hawkes

#interesting #knowledge #more #much #problem

It's not like every director in every movie is seeking me out by any means, there are a lot of things I'm not suited for, a lot of things I'm not interested in, and a lot of things that directors wouldn't be interested in me for. ↗

— John Hawkes

#director #directors #every #i #interested

Some friends of mine bothered me for a long time about getting on the social networking pages. They were close friends that I liked to mess with, and I think that I kind of enjoyed for a while that it bothered them so much. Now they've just kind of given up. ↗

— John Hawkes

#bothered #close #close friends #enjoyed #friends

Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured. ↗

— John Hawkes

#called #i #joy #made #meat

'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper. ↗

— John Hawkes

#any #i #i think #new #new york

When I over-prepare, I try to let it all go and forget all about it when the camera rolls, so I can just be present with the other actors and allow what's going to happen to happen without too much preconception. ↗

— John Hawkes

#allow #camera #forget #go #going

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

— John Hawkes

#down #fault #find #gets #look

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#average #breed #just #makes #minor