Maya Hawke Quotes
61 quotes • TV Actress • Age 27
"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."
"I've always been kind of a voyeur."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"I was given a new coat as a high school graduation gift."
"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."
"The world of celebrity that comes with the world of art is not particularly interesting to me."
"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."
"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."
"I got to take classes in writing with a fountain pen, and actually, something you make is your own textbook. So, while you're learning about something, you have to write essays on it, and then you handwrite in cursive, in fountain pen, your essays out on beautiful paper and you bind it together into a book that you hand in at the end of the course."
"I have definitely emulated my mom's style more than anyone's. But that may be mostly to do with how often I steal her clothing."