Life is like building a spider web: Ethan Hawke

Hollywood star Ethan Hawke compares living life to building a spider web, saying each moment, success and challenges are connected to each other beautifully. "Life is a lot like building a spider web. You kind of jump from one corner to the next," Hawke said in an exclusive interview while looking back at his journey from a child actor to a star.

"The little journeys don't seem significant (at that moment). But (when you) look back and when we see the whole journey, you see how they are all connected to each other. It can be very beautiful," he added.

Hawke continued: "The parts that were most challenging, (which you thought were the most difficult), were where the most growth happened. I'm very grateful to my craft and my profession because it allows you to meet all kinds of people."

Hawke's tryst with Hollywood started as a baby-faced child in "Explorers", in 1985. He went on to make a breakthrough with his appearance in 1989 with "Dead Poets Society".

After a multi-decade journey, Hawke has evolved as an Oscar-nominated leading star, critical writer and director passionate about the stories he wants to tell.

Some of his performances that are carved in public memory include the narcotics officer in "Training Day", the hopeless romantic in the "Before Sunrise" franchise, the tormented Father Toller in 2018 film "First Reformed", and a bizarrely imagined time travelling agent in "Predestination".

"I have worked with directors from all over the world, in many different languages and many different points of view. I have played characters that bring me and my imagination deep into, whether it's playing a World War 2 soldier or a jazz musician or a Russian communist, or so many of the characters that expand my education. I have been so grateful to that," he said. (IANS)

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