“You don’t want an award to improve your status.
You want to improve the awards status,” Hawke says.
Is it really an honor just to be nominated?
Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke.Robert Zuckerman
According toDenzel Washington’s advice toEthan Hawke,it’s actually better to lose at theOscars.
Washington went on to win his Oscar, but Hawke lost to Jim Broadbent for his role inIris.
“You don’t want an award to improve your status.
Hawke previously compared acting with Washington to what it would be like to play baseball with Ruth.
“The Academy Award has more power, because Denzel has a couple.
It didn’t elevate who he was.”
All that being said, would Hawke have rather won the Oscar more than 20 years ago?
“No,” he said.
“I mean, yeah, I guess.
I was at the Oscars sitting next to Denzel Washington and nominated against Ian McKellen.
I had already won.
It was impossible for me not to see it any other way.”
