What No One Told Ethan Hawke About Being Famous

some people I think artists need to ask tough questions almost publicly to be able to have those conversations with themselves you know my whole you know so much my life has been in public that it's kind of the only way I know you know as a teen when Dead Poets Society came out I've made a fool out of myself left to right in center you know I've gotten divorced in public I got famous public I've gotten good reviews and bad reviews and so like in a way maybe I don't know how to have a conversation not in public you know maybe well to me I saw it is I'm going to take back the narrative myself and and show Who I am because I feel like there would be this sort of feeling if you've been famous for that long and grew up in public that anytime you walk into a room with new people they all have an assumption about you and it's probably wrong and it would be hard to not feel like you disappear a little bit into that image that you assume they have it's your spot on I mean that's the thing that nobody tells you is you when you you know shortly after reality bites came out I it's like I never made a first impression ever again it's a weird thing to give up because it's the idea that you can start again tomorrow it's valuable to all of us you know I can be better tomorrow yeah but you're sort of locked in the body's kind of locked rid of this thing and I've always resisted it you know there's a thing I've always believed you know when somebody when they really want to make you crazy in prison in prison war camp or anywhere they put you in isolation right the thing I realized the second you become famous you're kind of in a weird isolation people want to know why famous people marry other famous people so often or something like that you know it's because they're in ISO with him I just did this beautiful talk it was kind of heartbreaking to me in a strange way did this talk at his university about some students and I was trying to talk to them and trying to be to the best of my ability when I was trying to be real with these issues they're 2025 or whatever but no it really wants me to be real they just want a photo you know and it's kind of heartbreaking because you go like that I'm actually here if you really do like me like let's talk you seem really interesting y'all a bunch of foam students I actually was looking forward to come here because I'm really curious what you guys are thinking about right now like what's happened yeah but that dialogue was never going to happen because I was behind a glass wall you know and I think the hottest state Seymour in the documentary they're both it's me like tapping on the back of the glass hoping it'll break a little bit right you know this we're just the same all of us

Channel: theoffcamerashow

Views: 450,822

Rating: 4.9598012 out of 5

Keywords: Ethan Hawke (Celebrity), Sam jones, Robin Williams (Celebrity), Dead Poets Society (Film), acting, being on set, process, Before Sunrise (Film), Training Day, Off Camera, off, camera, Off Camera with Sam Jones, Reality Bites (Film), The Phenom, The Magnificent Seven (Film), In a Valley of Violence, interview, talk show, conversation, director, author, actor

Id: F9FDmDVy6yg

Length: 3min 0sec (180 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 28 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/arealhumannotabot]

I was at this event where GZA from Wu-Tang was speaking, and it had nothing to do with rap. It was actually science-related. Of course during Q&A a lot of people want to focus on rap, and since ODB's birthday had recently passed, people started bringing that up. One guy held up a 40 and shouted something and no one responded to him, cause that wasn't the point of the event.

It felt like the reason he was there was overshadowed by it being "the guy from Wu-Tang"

[u/o0Ax0o]

Ethan Hawke is a top banana. Would definitely have a few brewskies with the guy.

[u/shitfacehammered]

The whole thing about making a new impression was downright depressing. You can see how he values social interaction and he probably hasn't had a genuine encounter with a stranger in a very long time.

[u/[deleted]]

I like his end remark "we're just the same, all of us". If Ethan Hawke asked me for directions and I didn't know who he was, I'd have no way of knowing, and I'd just go on about my day. Fame is such a strange thing. Famous people are treated completely differently from everyone else, and it'll probably never change.

[u/Atheist_Mctoker]

That sucks people who just want pictures. The only celebrities I want to meet are mostly actors and it's to actually talk to them about their craft. I'd love to just sit around and drink a few beers with Ethan, he seems like one of those the nice ones that hasn't let the fame go to his head.

[u/added_chaos]

That’s a crazy interesting perspective! To lose the chance at first impressions is something I never considered.

[u/buddhafunk]

I recently saw the guitarist of my favorite band, Peter Buck of r.e.m, play a local show with his current band. After the show he was signing some autographs, taking photos and having conversations with fans. We took a photo and he signed an album for me but I could not bring myself to talk with him. He’s been an important part of my life for 30 years and I couldn’t even say thank you to him. I’ve been agonizing over that missed opportunity for weeks and this video really makes me wish I would have tried harder to connect with him in a more real way.

[u/ledditlememefaceleme]

I'd sit down and talk with him like a normal person for as long as he wanted, I know how he feels, probably not in the same way, but I know the feeling.

[u/Pixxel_Wizzard]

Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?