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"Young people often have this desire to try to make their life interesting," says actor, author and director Ethan Hawke. "Life is so interesting all by itself. You do not have to try to goose life." He's pictured above in Paris on Nov. 25, 2019. Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Actor And Author Ethan Hawke: Writing 'Forces You To Think Through Things'

Hawke's latest novel is called A Bright Ray of Darkness. It's about a famous young actor in a crumbling marriage who immerses himself in a Broadway production of Shakespeare's Henry IV.

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"Young people often have this desire to try to make their life interesting," says actor, author and director Ethan Hawke. "Life is so interesting all by itself. You do not have to try to goose life." He's pictured above in Paris on Nov. 25, 2019. Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images

Actor And Author Ethan Hawke: Writing 'Forces You To Think Through Things'

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Escape (feat. Sitting Duck) Otaam & Hoffy Beats
So Far Yet So Clock (feat. Hoffy Beats) Otaam & Cydot
Abduction And The Final Battle At The Gallows Michael Kamen
Little John and the Band in the Forest The Greater Los Angeles Orchestra
You Are the One AM/FM
Tokyo Oddisee
Tightrope ZAYN
Interlude La Chica

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