Ethan Hawke said he "had no business" to marry Uma Thurman

The actors were married for seven years and share two children.


In the late 1990s and early 2000s,Uma Thurman andEthan Hawke was one ofHollywood A-List couples. After meeting the shooting of the 1997Gattaca, the couple got married in 1998 andWelcomed two children together,,Maya(ofStranger ThingsFame) andLevon. But, in 2003, the pair separated and then crossed a divorce in the middle of tabloid rumors. The two actors talked about their split in the interviews, notably Hawke saying that he "had no deal" marrying Thurman in the first place. Read the rest to know why Hawke thinks he should have known better and for more details on their breakup.

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Hawke later said that he was not ready for marriage.

Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman at the 2000 Oscars
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In an interview of 2013 withShe,,Hawke opened to get married For Thurman at 27 and how, with hindsight, he feels that he was not ready for this kind of commitment because he accepted his fame at the same time.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"Success when you are young is really overwhelming," he said. "The world felt out of control. And I wanted to prevent it from turning so quickly. I thought marriage would decrease my variables or something. I was absolutely wrong."

TheBefore sunrise Star continued: "There was this discovery that the male brain is not finished before 28 years. I really think that my frontal lobe was not finished. I had no business to make wishes that would last More than two weeks. "

Hawke also talked about how his divorce affected him.

Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke photographed in 2001
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In a 2018 interview withGq, Hawke has thoughtHis de -rose of Thurman took place almost at the same time as a culmination of his career: his appointment to the Oscars toTraining day in 2002.

"In many ways, thatcould were the beginning of something. It was the best time in my career, "he told the magazine." As,Maybe, maybe you could be commercially viable. But I divorced myself and my personal life collapsed. I don't know if you feel that, but when you are depressed, it is really easy to see everything that is wrong about others and life, and I just started to see all of this. To what extent celebrity was, how false everything is. ""

He said that his children had helped him this time. "It is the wonderful thing with children is that they just need you every day. It gives your life balance to your life. It means that your whole life is not only for you", did he declare. The actor also shared that the shooting of the suiteBefore sunset helped her to cure. "It was the strongest of my wedding collapsing and spending this summerJulie Delpy andRichard Linklater, reconnect with a part of myself that was more ... What is the right word? Idealized. A cleaner self. It was a great summer. And it really helped me get back together. ""

Thurman told Oprah that she felt fully responsible.

In a 2005 interview withOprah Winfrey,,Thurman spoke for a long time On the way she felt after her divorce, which had recently been finalized.

"Our marriage failed. I should assume full responsibility for the failure of my own marriage," said Thurman. Winfrey suggested that there is "never one thing", and Thurman has continued "and blame anyone feels better. And when you have two children, I think it's such a priority for Protect them and never lose sight of them that even if you are going to fight or even if things go wrong, it is in their interest that everyone is doing well. "

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The two actors have gone to new relationships.

Ryan Shawhughes and Ethan Hawke at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022
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Hawke got marriedRyan Shawhughes In 2008. Shawhughes had been his children's nanny, and there were rumors that he had cheated Thurman with her. "I know people imagine a kind ofSound of music-typelove story, but the truth is that when Ryan and I fell in love, I hadn't used him for a long time, "said HawkeThe Guardian In 2009. The couple now welcomed two children together: Clementine and Indiana .

As for Thurman, until 2014, she was in a long relationship with the businessman Arpad Busson , with whom she welcomed her daughter, Luna .

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