Ethan Hawke movie quotes

“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

“There's no gene for fate.”
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

“- 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

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

“- 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

“I heard a knock at the door. There was an old lady. They were headed to my dads workshop. I could hear chanting, they were wearing robes. There was a black mask. I think they were following me.”
Ethan Hawke - Angela Grey

“I am starting to use my head again.”
Ethan Hawke - Bruce Kenner

“I'm not one of you... I'm not one of you!”
Ethan Hawke - Bruce Kenner

“What a merry band, we are. Me a Grey, Chisolm a Blue, Billy a mysterious man of the Orient, a drunk Irishman, a Texican, a female and her gentlemen caller. This is not going to end well.”
Ethan Hawke - Goodnight Robicheaux

“- Jake: [stepping into Alonzo's Monte Carlo for the first time] This car is not from the motor pool.
- Alonzo: It's not, sexy though, ain't it?
- Jake: So, where's the office? Back at division?
- Alonzo: You're in the office, baby.”
Ethan Hawke - Jake
Denzel Washington - Alonzo

“- Jude: What did you mean when you said you were here to kidnap me?
- Les: I'm rescuing you. Taking you to the Big Apple.
- Jude: And why would I go with you?
- Les: I'm offering you Manhattan, champ. Don't play hard to get.”
Asa Butterfield - Jude
Ethan Hawke - Les