Maya Hawke, the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, says her parents’ generation “f - - ked us.”
The 21-year-old admits Thurman warned her about the dangers in Hollywood: “This industry is so much tougher on women, my mom had reservations,” Hawke told Nylon’s April digital issue. “The emphasis that the business puts on your appearance … on your age.” She encouraged her to “follow your gut and … don’t get trapped in the starlet tornado.”
However, she feels Hollywood “just used to be more glamorous,” and, citing declining major-studio picture budgets, continues: “It’s not so glamorous anymore. There’s almost no such thing as a movie star anymore. There can be an appearance of one for a second. Now there’s a bajillion actors with a following. It’s a lot more everyman.”
And later, Hawke admits, “We’re just so annoyed at our parents’ generation. They had it so easy. They were all just high and driving around in cool, gas-guzzling cars. Destroying our environment … and having no wars, and no plagues and no pandemics.
“We’re in our 20s, we’re supposed to be having fun, and doing drugs and partying. But instead … We’re going to SoulCycle and trying to outlive our planet. We have a horrible president, and it’s just really irritating. They really f–ked us.”