Ethan Hawke movie quotes

I was driving around with this buddy of mine, he was a big atheist, and we came to a stop, next to this homeless guy. And my buddy takes out a 100 dollar bill, and leans out the window, and he says, "Do you believe in God?". And the guy looks at my friend, and he looks at the money, he says, "Uh, yes, I do". My friend says, "wrong answer", and... (continue)(continue reading)
Ethan Hawke - Jesse

“I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it.”
Ethan Hawke - Vincent Freeman

“- Celine: Men go out with me, we break up and then they get married. And later they call me to thank me for teaching them what love is. That I tought them to care and respect women.
- Jesse: I think I'm one of those guys.
- Celine: I wanna kill them! Why didn't they ask me to marry them? I would've said no, but at least they could have asked.”
Julie Delpy - Celine
Ethan Hawke - Jesse

“I belonged to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the color of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science.”
Ethan Hawke - Vincent Freeman

“There's no gene for fate.”
Ethan Hawke - Vincent Freeman

“- Anton: You've gone as far as you can go. You come with me now!
- Vincent: There is still a few million miles left to go.”
Loren Dean - Anton Freeman
Ethan Hawke - Vincent Freeman

“They used to say that a child conceived in love has a greater chance of happiness. They don't say that anymore.”
Ethan Hawke - Vincent Freeman

“- Alonzo: All right, when's the last time you did a felony stop?
- Jake: Uh, couple weeks ago?
- Alonzo: Good, you needpractice.
- Jake: They look like collegekids.
- Alonzo: They're gonna get their education today.”

Denzel Washington - Alonzo
Ethan Hawke - Jake

“- Anchor: So, ultimately, what feels better? Seeing justice done or seeing your book, Kentucky Blood number one on the New York Times bestseller list?
- Ellison Oswalt: The justice, without question... I'd rather cut my hands off than write a book for fame or money.”
Tavis Smiley - Anchor
Ethan Hawke - Ellison Oswalt

“When bad things happen to good people they still need to have their stories told, they deserve that much!”
Ethan Hawke - Ellison Oswalt

“- Tracy: There are plenty of other ways you can provide for this family.
- Ellison Oswalt: Doing what? Teaching? Editing journalism textbooks? Don't you understand that writing is what gives my life meaning? These books are my legacy!
- Tracy: I have always supported you doing what you love, Ellison. But writing isn't the meaning of your life....” (continue)(continue reading)
Juliet Rylance - Tracy
Ethan Hawke - Ellison Oswalt

“- Goodnight Robicheaux: It's like my daddy said...
- Billy Rocks: What did your daddy say?
- Goodnight Robicheaux: My daddy said a lot of things!”
Ethan Hawke - Goodnight Robicheaux
Byung-Hun Lee - Billy Rocks

“- Jake: Why did you do this to me?
- Alonzo: Nobody told you to smoke that thing. You made the decision. Live with your decision. Ain't like I put a gun to your head.”

Ethan Hawke - Jake
Denzel Washington - Alonzo

“- Les: So you got any New Yearresolutions, Princess Di?
- Diane: Yes.
- Les: What are they?
- Diane: To stop dating my dealer.
- Les: Now why would you do that? With me you get the whole package: sex and drugs.”
Ethan Hawke - Les
Emily Mortimer - Diane

“I know you'll think this is crazy, but all I want to do is hold you, and I think that if you'll let me do that just for a few seconds, I can walk away, and never speak to you again.”
Ethan Hawke - Ishmael Chambers

You know what's the worst thing about somebody breaking up with you? It's when you remember how little you thought about the people you broke up with and you realize that is how little they're thinking of you. You know, you'd like to think you're both in all this pain but they're just like "Hey, I'm glad you're gone".
Ethan Hawke - Jesse

- Vasquez: I'm Mexican, cabrón. No such thing as a "Texican".
- Goodnight Robicheaux: Try telling that to my granddaddy. He died at the Alamo. New Orleans Greys, long barracks, bayonets. Blood, teeth. Mauled by a horde of teeming brown devils.
- Vasquez: My grandfather was one of those devils, you know. Toluca Battalion. Hey, maybe my... (continue)(continue reading)
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo - Vasquez
Ethan Hawke - Goodnight Robicheaux

- Lelaina Pierce: I just don't understand why things just can't go back to normal at the end of the half hour like on the "Brady Bunch" or something.
- Troy Dyer: Well, 'cause Mr. Brady died of AIDS. Things don't turn out like that.
Winona Ryder - Lelaina Pierce
Ethan Hawke - Troy Dyer

Don't call the alligator "big mouth" till you cross the river.
Ethan Hawke - Goodnight Robicheaux

“That guy was nothing, alright? I didn't take his life, I lived it. I was the best thing that ever happened to that guy. You looked at him, and you saw me, and I looked at you, and I saw you, and we are the same.”
Ethan Hawke - Costa

“- Goodnight Robicheaux: I'll try to use one-syllable words from now on.
- Josh Faraday: What's a syllable?”
Ethan Hawke - Goodnight Robicheaux
Chris Pratt - Josh Faraday

“- Alonzo: Why do you wanna be a narc?
- Jake: I want to protect the streets by ridding it of dangerous drugs.
- Alonzo: Yeah, but why do you wanna be a narc?
- Jake: I wanna make detective.”
Denzel Washington - Alonzo
Ethan Hawke - Jake

“- Jake: How much money was in that bag?
- Alonzo: 40 G's.
- Jake: What was that for?
- Alonzo: You really wanna know?
- Jake: Yeah. I asked, didn't I?
- Alonzo: Nothing's free in this world, Jake. Not even arrest warrants.
- Jake: Shit, I didn't wanna know.”

Ethan Hawke - Jake
Denzel Washington - Alonzo

“Fame is a sarcophagus.”
Ethan Hawke - Goodnight Robicheaux

“Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.”
Ethan Hawke - Jesse