United Kingdom, Dec. 12 -- Ethan Hawke writes all of his lines by hand.

The 55-year-old film star is always meticulous in his preparation for a role, with Ethan explaining that it helps him to be "extremely critical of the writer, in a positive way".

The Hollywood star told Variety: "I hand-write everything like it's my journal.

"I'm not memorising from a typewritten page; I don't want irrelevant stage directions to be part of it. I try to write it from memory, and then I look and see what I got wrong.

"It also helps me be extremely critical of the writer, in a positive way. 'It doesn't seem like I would use that word four times. I think this is a better word.' Then I record it, and I listen, and I see what I got wrong.

"Take Billie ...