I love being a father. I think there’s a great lie that we tell kids that pleasure creates happiness. Young people think: “Oh, if I get this, I’ll be happy.” But in a lot of ways it’s meeting your responsibilities that makes you happy. For me, I’ve just found that feeling like I’ve done a good job with the kids is a real source of happiness for me.
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Ethan Hawke
Actor, director and novelist
United States · b. 1970
Arts and letters
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American actor, director and novelist, four times nominated for an Academy Award, whose films include Dead Poets Society, the Before trilogy, Training Day and First Reformed.
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