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There has been speculation that anti-war actors and actresses will use the upcoming Oscars ceremony as a forum to put their message across. "I hope they do. I think that would be fun," said Ethan Hawke, who rejected the suggestion that the anti-war movement was unpatriotic. "I'm proud to be an American," he said. "That's why I'm here. I want to go on being proud of being an American."
Hollywood Stars Hand Anti-War Petition to UN Middle
East Online March 10, 2003
http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/advocacy/protest/iraq/2003/0311lange.htm
TRAINING DAY star Ethan Hawke is calling on American men to reevaluate their masculinity because he fears misguided he-men took the country to war in Iraq.
The movie star and author has been critical of fellow Texan GEORGE W BUSH during his term as US President and now the actor fears his leader's attempt to be a big man resulted in war.
Hawke tells Playboy magazine, "I'm from Texas. I love cowboy hats and riding horses. No American idealises all that more than I do.
"But when I see George W Bush walking around in his cowboy hat, I feel it's time for some new kind of masculine identity.
"Masculine identity has been ruling the world for a long time. You could make a case that it was needed at one time to keep people safe, build buildings, make roads and conquer nature. But that masculine thing has also led us to war.
Men like to fight.
"Men like to feel as if their d**ks are big, but, because of globalisation, I think, in some fundamental way 'Might makes right' is over."
Training Day star Hawke blasts He-Man Bush BY: WENN | Friday, July
7, 2006
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Outspoken movie star ETHAN HAWKE is desperate for a new MARTIN LUTHER KING because he feels America needs another spirited leader. The BEFORE SUNSET star believes the US would be in much better shape and his homeland wouldn't be at war in Iraq if a strong voice of reason stepped forward. The actor says, "We're in desperate need of a Martin Luther King, a MAHATMA GANDHI, a NELSON MANDELA; the Middle East is in desperate need of somebody to rise up and lead. "I always think about how nearly every major city in this country has a Martin Luther King Boulevard, King's picture is up in every classroom... and everyone universally admires him - but we all know what he would say about the Iraq war. We turn a blind eye to the things we know he would tell us."
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ETHAN HAWKE - HAWKE: 'WE NEED ANOTHER MARTIN LUTHER KING'
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War talk in Washington is alarming and unnecessary.
We are patriotic Americans who share the belief that Saddam Hussein cannot be allowed to possess weapons of mass destruction. We support rigorous United Nations weapons inspections to assure Iraq’s effective disarmament.
However, a preemptive military invasion of Iraq will harm American national interests . Such a war will increase human suffering, arouse animosity tow a rd our country, increase the likelihood of terrorist attacks, damage the economy, and undermine our moral standing in the world. It will make us less, not more, secure .
We reject the doctrine—a reversal of long-held American tradition—that our country, alone, has the right to launch first-strike attacks.
The valid U.S. and U.N. objective of disarming Saddam Hussein can be achieved through legal diplomatic means. There is no need for war. Let us instead devote our resources to i m p roving the security and well-being of people here at home and around the world.
Si g n e d , A rtists United to Win Without Wa r
Mike Farrell and Robert Greenwald, C o - C h a i r s - Gillian Anderson - Edward Asner - Rene Auberjonois - David Bale - Kim Basinger - Ed Begley, Jr. - Theo Bikel - Barbara Bosson - Jackson Browne - Peter Buck (REM) - Diahann Carroll - Eugene J. C a r r o l l , Jr., Rear Adm. U.S. Navy ( R e t . ) Kathleen Chalfant - Don Cheadle - Jill Clayburgh - David Clennon - Jack Coleman - Peter Coyote - Lindsay Crouse - Suzanne Cryer - Matt Damon - Dana Daurey - A m b a s s a d o r Jonathan Dean (U.S. Rep. to NATOWarsaw Pact) - Vincent D’Onofrio - David Duchovny - Olympia Dukakis - Charles S. Dutton - Hector Elizondo - Cary Elwes - Shelley Fabares - Mike Farrell - Mia Farrow - Laurence Fishburne - Sean Patrick Flanery - Bonnie Franklin - John Fugelsang - Jeananne Garafalo - Larry Gelbart - Melissa Gilbert - Danny Glover - Elliott Gould - Samaria Graham- Robert Greenwald - Robert Guillaume - Paul Haggis - Robert David Hall - Ethan Hawke - Ken Howard - Helen Hunt - Anjelica Huston - LaTanya Richardson J a c k s o n - Samuel L. Jackson - Jane Kaczmarek - Melina Kanakaredes - Casey Kasem - Mimi Kennedy - Jessica Lange - Tea Leoni - Wendie Malick - Camryn Manheim - Marsha Mason - Richard Masur - Dave Mathews - Kent McCord - Robert Duncan M c N e i l l - Mike Mills (REM) - Janel Moloney- Esai Morales - Ed O’Neill - Chris Noth - Peter Onorati - Alexandra Paul - Ambassador Edward Peck (former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq) - Seth Peterson CCH Pounder - David Rabe- Alan Rachins - Bonnie Raitt - Carl Reiner - Tim Robbins - Steve Robinson, Sgt., U.S. Army (Ret.) (National Gulf War Resource Center) - Mitch Ryan - Susan Sarandon - Tony Shalhoub - Jack Shanahan, Vice Adm. U.S. Navy ( R e t . ) - William Schallert - Martin Sheen - Armin Shimerman - Gloria Steinem - Marcia Strassman - Michael Stipe (REM) - Susan Sullivan - Loretta Swit - Studs Terkel - Lily Tomlin - Blair Underwood - Dennis Weaver - Bradley Whitford - James Whitmore - James Whitmore, Jr. - Alfre Woodard - Noah Wyle - Peter Yarrow - Howard Zinn
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