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Joe Rogan Experience #2425 - Ethan Hawke

Joe Rogan Experience #2425 - Ethan Hawke

Recommended on this episode

BookRecommendedISBN verified

The Dude and the Zen Master

Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman

“It's a great book”
“Yeah, the dude in the Zen master. It's a great book by the way.”— Joe Rogan

The guest's own work

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Chelsea Walls

Ethan Hawke (director)

“So movie called Chelsea Walls. I don't necessarily recommend you watch it. Uh you can if you want to. I learned a lot making it.”— Ethan Hawke
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Blue Moon

Ethan Hawke (actor)

“this last movie I did Blue Moon really really challenging part I I had so much confidence when we were talking about making the movie”— Ethan Hawke
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The Lowdown

Sterlin Harjo / FX (inferred)

“I'm doing this show right now. the lowdown with FX, right? It's the first time I've ever done a a television show”— Ethan Hawke
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Leave the World Behind

Sam Esmail (inferred)

“Leave the world behind. Thank you. That's embarrassing for me. I'm supposed to know.”— Ethan Hawke
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Training Day

Antoine Fuqua (inferred)

“Denzel Washington when you're doing training day like so much apparently Jamie was saying of the dialogue that you guys had was completely improvised by Denzel”— Joe Rogan
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Dead Poets Society

Peter Weir (inferred)

“I heard about these auditions for a movie called Dead Poet Society... the success of Dead Poet Society sent me, you know, was like a trajectory”— Ethan Hawke
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White Fang

Walt Disney Pictures (inferred)

“I did one of my earlier movies with a wolf, right?... this movie called White Fang, right? Little Disney kids movie”— Ethan Hawke
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The Magnificent Seven

Antoine Fuqua (inferred)

“I did this remake of Magnificent 7, right? And when you have a big cast and everybody's in period costume”— Ethan Hawke
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Explorers

Joe Dante (inferred)

“if I could have decided my life explorers would have been a huge hit. It would have been ET big.”— Ethan Hawke

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig (inferred)

“I carried that in the art of motorcycle maintenance. That's the same idea.”— Joe Rogan
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The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola (inferred)

“When you watch The Godfather, you're not thinking about Alpuccino or James Khan or you think about Michael and Sunny and Tom”— Ethan Hawke
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Pretty Woman

Garry Marshall (inferred)

“I remember the weekend Pretty Woman came out two days before. No one had ever heard of Julie Roberts.”— Ethan Hawke
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Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese (inferred)

“how old was she in Taxi Driver? 12, 14. Crazy.”— Joe Rogan
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Witness

Peter Weir (inferred)

“we had Peter Weir who had just directed Witness, one of my favorite movies of all time at that point”— Ethan Hawke
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The Last Picture Show

Peter Bogdanovich (inferred)

“Jeff Bridges had starred in the last picture show which was one of my favorite movies and he was amazing in it”— Ethan Hawke
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True Grit

Coen Brothers (inferred)

“I was so happy he won the Academy Award for True Grid, I guess it was. And and I was like, damn”— Ethan Hawke
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Apocalypto

Mel Gibson (inferred)

“you remember that uh Jaguar Paw in Apocalyptto when he has that moment he's running through the woods and he's so afraid”— Joe Rogan
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Rocky IV

Sylvester Stallone (inferred)

“that's why we all liked in Rocky when he like goes out into the barn. Rocky four. That's the one I'm thinking of.”— Ethan Hawke
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The Celebration

Thomas Vinterberg

“this movie, The Celebrations, Danish film, amazing movie. Thomas Vintterberg directed it. And it just kind of changed the rules.”— Ethan Hawke
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Malcolm X

Spike Lee (inferred)

“I think you know Malcolm X and Raging Bull are two towering maybe Nicholson one flew the Cuckoo's Nest like Liv is like the three great performances”— Ethan Hawke
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Raging Bull

Martin Scorsese (inferred)

“Malcolm X and Raging Bull are two towering maybe Nicholson one flew the Cuckoo's Nest like Liv is like the three great performances of of my lifetime”— Ethan Hawke
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Milos Forman (inferred)

“maybe Nicholson one flew the Cuckoo's Nest like Liv is like the three great performances of of my lifetime”— Ethan Hawke
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A Man for All Seasons

Fred Zinnemann (inferred)

“he was in this great movie when I was a kid, Man for All seasons, and he was in Redford's quiz show”— Ethan Hawke
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Quiz Show

Robert Redford (inferred)

“he was in this great movie when I was a kid, Man for All seasons, and he was in Redford's quiz show”— Ethan Hawke
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Gremlins

Joe Dante (inferred)

“It was a $30 million movie directed by the guy who just done Gremlins, right, Joe Dante.”— Ethan Hawke