Maya Hawke Quotes

Maya Hawke

Profession : Actress

Birth : July 8, 1998

I want to tell stories that are true and that resonate and move people, that highlight both the tremendous beauty and ugliness available in the human experience.

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I have sometimes felt pressure to dress a certain way because of everyone else. You know what I mean? Girls in high school and strangers on the street have put way more pressure on me to dress a certain way than my mom or dad.

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It can't be articulated enough, that feminism means the desire to have equality between men and women. I believe that, and I act on those beliefs by going to marches and making a difference where I can.

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I was Jenny in 'Jenny and the School for Cats' when I was five years old. That was my first big break. Then I got to play the Artful Dodger in 'Oliver Twist,' and that was the most fun I've ever had.

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My parents are actors, and I'm the oldest of my siblings - I have three younger sisters and a brother who's my best friend. We're a close-knit, complicated family, but we spend a lot of time together, even though we live in different houses. We're a rambunctious gang!

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I've always been kind of a voyeur.

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Eventually, I realized that there was only so much that I could put in the way of my happiness, and acting made me happier than anything else.

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I've become a little immune to the gazes of strangers because it's been a part of my life for so long.

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I've been sitting at the grown-ups' table my whole life.

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You want to put out good vibes for the viewers, even if so many stories that have to be told and that need to be told have a lot of darkness in them, because the world has a lot of darkness in it.

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Sometimes the world will tell you that you do what you do for a different reason than your reason. And if you let them convince you that that's your reason, it will become your reason, and you will lose track of yourself.

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Your whole childhood is just absent of choices. And then you become an adult, and every choice you make, you open some doors and close others.

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In general, I feel very happy with how I got to have time on my own at least a little bit outside of the public eye.

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The world of celebrity that comes with the world of art is not particularly interesting to me.

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I love my family. We have a very rich, complicated relationship.

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I love Katharine Hepburn. I love Liesl in 'The Sound of Music.' I love Julie Andrews. I love Audrey Hepburn.

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In my living room, I was always playing guitar and writing songs and singing them. My dad and I would always sing together - only for friends and family, but always since I was a little girl.

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I was diagnosed with dyslexia in third grade and had gone to a special school for it and then left the school. I'd learned to read and write, but it was still a real struggle for me, as it is to this day.

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I'm not super aware of what's the coolest thing and what everybody's doing or listening to or watching at any given time.

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It's difficult to always have to be contextualized within the careers of your parents, and it's difficult not to feel like you can stand alone, but hopefully I'll earn the ability to stand alone over time.

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