if your north star is your own personal development, you can't go wrong

ethan hawke in the winter's tale - 2009

Every now and then I suffer a little envy. I feel that if I had been more ambitious in a different way... But then I'm really fortunate that my interests take me in a bunch of different places and I really enjoy it. It's easy to let other people convince you that life is like a race. But there really is no finishing line. Nobody does win. With that in mind, I always feel that, if your north star is your own personal development, you can't go wrong.

Ethan Hawke

starting to philosophize about stuff that i dont have a clue about

Slant: ...what would you say is your generation's greatest challenge?

That's a really interesting question because sometimes I think about that as I see and meet a lot of people who are having a hard time. I think the challenge is to allow yourself to find a thing you are really good at and be open to find your own niche. I think a lot of young people are kind of closed off in a way and don't allow themselves to develop in any kind of direction. Maybe I'm on shaky ground right now, starting to philosophize about stuff that I don't have a clue about [laughs], but I think that in today's society people are, in a way, taught to limit themselves.

interview with roxanne blanford for slant magazine 10.2.02