His breakthrough role at 18 years old in Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society (1989) was the birth of a stellar career which has shaped recent pop culture. He continues to pursue it now from the directorial side taking a personal interest in what it means to be an artist yet not putting acting aside. In fact, Strange Way of Life, Pedro Almodóvar’s short film co-produced with Anthony Vaccarello in which Hawke stars alongside Pedro Pascal, was just released in the United States. We sat down together as he received the Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 at this edition’s Stockholm Film Festival.