Ethan Hawke: My teen daughter is 'remarkable kid'

Wonderwall, Thursday, June 14, 2012, 1:46pm (PDT)

The Associated Press

• NEW YORK (AP) -- Ethan Hawke is approaching uncharted territory: raising a teenage daughter. But the 41-year-old "Reality Bites" actor couldn't be more excited.

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  "I know she's a miracle happening. It's awesome," said Hawke of 13-year-old Maya Ray, his daughter with ex-wife Uma Thurman.

  "People always warn me that it's going to be challenging having a teenage daughter, and the truth is it's one of the most exciting things that's ever happened to me," said Hawke. "She's a remarkable kid."

  He easily jumped into his latest role -- a frustrated American writer who moves to Paris to be closer to his young daughter -- in his new film, "The Woman in the Fifth."

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  "I try to let every character that you play feel like they hit close to home. You know, whether the details of your life are similar or not, it's still a fiction. But what you want to do is make it personal to you," explained Hawke of the artsy, Polish-French movie, in theaters Friday.

  Hawke's horror-thriller "Sinister" and his "Total Recall" reboot are slated to open later this year. He's also working on a follow-up to the romantic dramas "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset."

  But his primary focus remains on his family, which includes his 10-year-old son, Levon Roan, from his marriage to Thurman, and daughters Clementine, 3, and 11-month-old Indiana with his wife, Ryan Shawhughes.

  "My to-do list involves laundry and picking up kids from school. You know it's all the ordinary things of life. The work stuff, I just try to let it happen and see where it takes me," he said.

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