Maya Hawke Quotes

Maya Hawke

Profession : Actress

Birth : July 8, 1998

I would recommend any young person who wants to be an actor to go and get some training.

Maya Hawke

I think valuing what your body can do over how your body looks is the No. 1 advice I would give to young women about how to have healthy body image. It's not, 'Do these pants fit?' It's 'Can I do a split?'

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When you're growing up with a learning disability, it shoots your confidence and belief in what you can accomplish academically; it really damages it.

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I really love my family. The more independence that I get and the more freedom that I have, the more interested I am in being a dedicated and involved family member.

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I'm not interested in hiding from the fact that my parents are actors. I'm proud of them! It's very ordinary to pursue a career that your parents do, but when it's in the public eye, it becomes a complicated thing.

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My family is really supportive. We fight, and we talk, and we lie, and we tell the truth - not usually in that order - and I really enjoy growing with them and fostering that dynamic.

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As an actor on a film, you have no control over the final product - your job is to make a director's vision come true. So, you need to have total faith in them and add your own creativity and opinions and energy, but you have to really give over responsibility, and sometimes that can feel terrifying.

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The thing about acting that's unlike any other art form is that it's collaborative; directing and acting are a collaboration, and your acting won't succeed if the lighting design doesn't succeed or sets don't succeed.

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If I wanted to do the same thing every day, I would have gone into a different profession.

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One thing I've learned from my parents and from observing all the artists I've been lucky enough to grow up around is that you've got to be brave.

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It's really easy as an actor just starting out to get into the mindset that you only get one break. But my parents have shown me that's not true.

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I really enjoyed shooting in Ireland. The people are so lovely. I hope I don't offend anyone in saying this, but the nature reminded me of Americans: everyone was warm and open and easy to talk to. And Ireland is so beautiful and lusciously green.

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I've never been interested in a career in modelling, I was interested in my independence. When I was in school, modelling was what I needed to reach independence without having to leave.

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If I changed my name, everyone would have just known that I changed my name. If I had been anonymous, it would have felt pretentious. It would seem like I'm trying to dodge something. I love my family and have such respect for their work, for their career and talents, and I'm very proud to be connected with them.

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I have a wonderful, supportive relationship with my family. I get lots of advice from them about all kinds of things.

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Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see themselves in male characters.

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I'm not particularly interested in my phone. I'm interested in human contact. I think phones have created a certain social incapacity; it's made people socially deficient.

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When I heard the BBC was making 'Little Women,' I rushed to audition.

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I do care a lot about what I wear, but in a way that is about comfort and practicality, and I always want to look like me.

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There are things that are hard about coming from a divorced family, but having two houses is not one of those things.

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