In 19 91, you took your dead poet society money and used it for a down payment on the sandford meisner theatre in new york city. And you and josh hamilton and jonathan mark sherman founded the malapart theatre company. What made you decide to do that, as opposed to high tailing hollywood? You know, why didn't i buy a bag of cocaine? I had no interest in anything but a life in the arts. Because of my experience with the explorers, i was very dubious of the success of dead poet society. I knew how fleeting that could be. It seemed like all we ever did was talk about it. So
From the profound experience of making “Dead Poets Society” to the “Before” trilogy and his new book, Ethan Hawke discusses a life spent celebrating creativity in its many forms.