Overview

• His remarks appear in a GQ Hype cover story published Sept. 1, 2025.
• Hawke says actors can mistake "imaginative intimacy" on sets for lasting bonds, comparing it to Spin the Bottle or a summer-camp crush.
• Hawke and Thurman met making Gattaca, married in 1998, separated in 2003–2004, and divorced in 2005; they share two children, Maya and Levon.
• After the breakup, he married Ryan Shawhughes in 2008 and later welcomed daughters Clementine and Indiana, and he has previously described that period as depressing with his personal life "falling apart."
• Coverage revisits past tabloid rumors about a nanny that he denied, while noting Thurman’s stance in 2006 that she would not criticize her children’s father.