Why Ethan Hawke doesn’t worry too much about what other people are thinking

After making his film debut with River Phoenix in 1985’s “Explorers,” Ethan Hawke had his big breakout with “Dead Poets Society” when he was only 19. Since then, his movie career stretches across decades from “White Fang” and “Midnight Clear” to “Reality Bites” and “Before Sunrise” to “Training Day” and “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” and then “The Purge,” “Phone Booth” and “Leave the World Behind.” 

But Hawke has always been after something more. He frequently chooses demanding roles in challenging films ...