Hawke: Celebrity is tough on a couple’s marriage

Hawke: Celebrity is tough
on a couple’s marriage

NEW YORK — Ethan Hawke, whose split from Uma Thurman caused a tabloid frenzy, says being part of a celebrity couple can be hard on the ego.

“It’s unfair when one person’s career is taking off and the other is really suffering,” the 36-year-old actor tells AMC’s “Shootout” in an interview slated to air today.

“What happens — it’s not that they’re jealous of each other; it’s that the person you share your life with isn’t in the mood to support,” Hawke says. “You want to have a pity party for yourself, but they’re off to the Golden Globes and you don’t want to go because everyone is going to think you are jealous.”

Hawke and Thurman were married in 1998. She filed for divorce in 2004. The couple have two children.

“There’s a certain geometry to life — that life has a certain math equation to it and if you’re never together, you can’t build a home,” Hawke says. “Joanne Woodward put her career on the back burner for that marriage [to Paul Newman] to last. And something’s got to give.”

Hawke received an Oscar nomination for his role in 2001’s “Training Day.” His film credits also include “Dead Poets Society,” “Great Expectations” and “Before Sunset.”

Thurman, 37, has starred in “The Producers” and the “Kill Bill” movies. She was nominated for an Oscar for her role in 1994’s “Pulp Fiction.”

Today’s birthdays

Actor L.Q. Jones is 80. Author Frank McCourt is 77. Actress Debra Paget is 74. Tennis coach Renee Richards is 73. Actress Diana Muldaur is 69. Rock musician Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) is 68. Singer Johnny Nash is 67. Actress Jill St. John is 67. Actor and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is 65. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 64. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 63. Rock singer Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) is 62. Former President Clinton is 61. Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore, is 59. Actor Gerald McRaney is 59. Rock musician John Deacon (Queen) is 56. Actor Jonathan Frakes is 55. Actor Peter Gallagher is 52. Actor Adam Arkin is 51. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 50. Actor Martin Donovan is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ivan Neville is 48. Actor Eric Lutes is 45. Actor John Stamos is 44. Actress Kyra Sedgwick is 42. Actor Kevin Dillon is 42. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 41. TV reporter Tabitha Soren is 40. Country singer-songwriter Mark McGuinn is 39. Actor Matthew Perry is 38. Country singer Clay Walker is 38. Rapper Fat Joe is 37. Tennis player Mary Joe Fernandez is 36. Actress Tracie Thoms is 32. Country singer Rissi Palmer is 26. Actress Erika Christensen is 25. Country singer Karli Osborn (SHeDAISY) is 23. Actor J. Evan Bonifant is 22. Rapper Romeo is 18.