Ethan Hawke calls celebrity ‘poison’ for young actors in Hollywood #shorts

Ethan Hawke called celebrity a "poison" for a young actor's brain.

The actor, 55, sat down for "The Joe Rogan Experience" to talk about his start in Hollywood as a young man, as well as to reflect on the psychological effect of becoming famous at a young age.

"I think celebrity is like a tiny drop of mercury. Or it's poison. It's poison for your brain," the actor said.

Hawke got his first taste of acting at age 14, but after his first film didn't go as he had hoped, he called it quits on his career and went back home to the East Coast to finish high school, and eventually began college – before dropping out when he landed a role in "Dead Poets Society."

Hawke reflected on how different his path would have been had he continued acting at age 14, versus putting it on pause for a few years to regroup and get back his momentum and passion for the art.

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