“We live in a funny time. If you don’t go corporate, you can’t compete. You’re relegated as irrelevant. People used to admire that. There used to be something badassed and poetic about it.”

—  Ethan Hawke

New York Magazine http://nymag.com/arts/theater/profiles/63419/ (2010-01-31) <br class="br">2010&amp;ndash;present

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