{"id":877,"date":"2026-01-28T23:40:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=877"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:54:07","slug":"ethan-hawke-and-his-silence-on-hollywoods-oppression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/ethan-hawke-and-his-silence-on-hollywoods-oppression\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethan Hawke and His Silence on Hollywood\u2019s Oppression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Actor Ethan Hawke, responding to a question posed by a national publication, openly expressed his concern about the fear of freedom of speech.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;I never used to be afraid to say what I think until recent years,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> Hawke told the popular platform <strong>Variety<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Now I feel like I have to be careful. There is a sense of fear in the air that I\u2019ve never seen before \u2014 and it\u2019s not just Americans who feel it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some have been critical of Hawke\u2019s perspective, noting that certain groups, such as the Left, do not hesitate to express extreme views on the national stage. <em><strong>&#8220;No one would shout &#8216;Nazi pig!&#8217; at a real Nazi,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> they observed. <em><strong>&#8220;And if you really were in a fascist country, you wouldn\u2019t dare to speak out.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>One area where freedom of expression seems restricted is the entertainment industry. Hawke has not found the courage to point out that <em><strong>&#8220;you can\u2019t freely express your opinions in Hollywood. If you do, you risk ruining your career.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Hawke had voted for Trump, he would risk being blacklisted in the artistic community. His views on immigration or child-rearing could cost him not only professional opportunities but also friendships.<\/p>\n<p>Hawke has silently watched as other artists, such as <strong>Gina Carano<\/strong> and <strong>Sasha Stone<\/strong>, were penalized for their honesty. He did not speak up in defense of <strong>Woody Allen<\/strong>, who faced serious allegations despite being cleared by two state investigations.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Being an artist in a free country, I know how privileged that is. I don\u2019t feel it anymore,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> Hawke remarked, adding that this is a situation that needs to change.<\/p>\n<p>One might call him brave, while in reality he hides behind a camera and microphone, following the demands of the system around him.<\/p>\n<p>As his friend, <strong>Christian Toto<\/strong>, noted, Hawke remained silent while people\u2019s voices were being suppressed and comedians faced censorship. <em><strong>&#8220;He\u2019s a great actor&#8230; but he\u2019s not honest,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>This stance of Hawke\u2019s toward the entertainment industry reveals a hypocrisy, as he quietly accepts the agenda imposed by the left side of society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethan Hawke voices growing fears about free speech\u2019s decline in Hollywood, where expressing controversial views risks career ruin, highlighting a troubling culture of self-censorship and ideological control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[797,123,799,650,796,798],"nfg_topic":[137],"class_list":["post-877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-christian-toto","tag-culture-wars","tag-gina-carano","tag-hollywood","tag-ithan-hawke","tag-woody-allen","nfg_topic-culture-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":902,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions\/902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}