Ethan Hawke likes “t*ts and guns”

The 39-year-old actor believes movie audiences prefer to be visually excited than asked to think about what they are seeing, but still feels he has a responsibility to ensure his films don’t show gratuitous violence.

He said: “You know, it’s easy to get people’s attention with t*ts and guns. It’s harder to get their attention with ideas. The thing is, I’ve always liked t*ts and guns.

“I do know that I take a certain pride in making a movie that doesn’t show people being shot or beaten up.”

The ‘Training Day’ actor also admitted he used to dream of making just one movie every four years in order to accommodate his other professional ambitions, but has now realised it was an unrealistic idea.

He added in an interview with the Daily Telegraph website: “When I was younger I really admired people like Warren Beatty who could do one movie every four years. I thought I could do all that: run a theatre company, write a book, make the occasional movie.

“But life doesn’t work like that, or at least it only does for one or two people every generation. It took me a long time to realise that I didn’t understand things as well as I thought I did.”

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The ‘Kill Bill’ actress – who has daughter Maya, 11, and son Levon, eight with ex-husband Ethan Hawke – believes she needs to stay “steady” around her kids to stop them from growing insecure.

Asked whether the youngsters realise how difficult it is to juggle work and family life, she said: “I hope they don’t. I don’t want them to notice when I’m exhausted or depressed. They need a steady mother who gives them a feeling of security, otherwise they might become even more vulnerable than they, as children, already are.”

Uma is particularly keen for her children to view her as a role model and despite admitting motherhood can sometimes be difficult, she wants to share in every aspect of their lives.

She added: “I constantly wrack my brains, but unfortunately there’s no manual for it. It’s really important to be a role model. But I always try to explain to my children that their mum is only human, too.

“What does being a mother mean to me? That’s simple – Every day I experience the greatest love I have ever felt. It takes a lot of energy and nerves, but I don’t want to miss a second of it.”

The 39-year-old star always looks to her own mother for advice, but admits that hasn’t always been the case.

She added to Germany’s OK! magazine: “I can always rely on my mother’s advice. I rarely used to look for support from her when I was younger though – I wanted to learn from my own experiences. Even when I was a young girl I felt drawn to grown-ups and felt like going out into the world. Did I fail from time to time or make mistakes? Of course I did. But instead of drawing up walls inside of me, up to today I still meet people benevolently and with trust.”

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The ‘Kill Bill’ actress reportedly split from French financier Arpad Busson because she was tired of him trying to take over her life and telling her what to do.

A friend of the actresses told the New York Daily News newspaper: “It seemed like he always wanted to run the show.”

The relationship allegedly turned sour when the 47-year-old businessman decided he wanted to make drastic changes to Uma’s lavish homes without even consulting her.

The friend explained: “He wanted to bring in his own chef and his own security. He’d talk about redesigning her house in the city and knocking down buildings at her place upstate.”

It had been reported that the couple ended their year-long engagement almost two months ago after a row about money.

Uma – who has 11-year-old daughter Maya and seven-year-old son Levon with ex-husband Ethan Hawke, and was also previously married to actor Gary Oldman – recently admitted she wasn’t ready to marry again.

She said: “I’m happily engaged but we haven’t set a wedding up. I’m not in a rush to do anything.”

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The ‘Kill Bill’ star and multimillionaire hotelier Arpad Busson have  ended their year-long engagement following a row over money.

A source said: “The engagement ended awhile back – almost two months ago. They remain friends.”

According to New York Post columnist Cindy Adams, the couple had a small argument which led to the American actress suggesting the engagement should be broken off, without really meaning it.

Uma then walked out “in a huff” but the spat caused the businessman to rethink their future together and he called time on their relationship.

The couple started dating in the summer of 2007 and became engaged a year later, with Arpad presenting the actress with an eight-carat diamond engagement ring – which she is returning to him.

A source said: “She will probably give it back. She wants to return everything that is his.”

Uma – who has 11-year-old daughter Maya and seven-year-old son Levon with ex-husband Ethan Hawke  and was also previously married to actor Gary Oldman – recently admitted she wasn’t ready to marry again.

She said: “I’m happily engaged but we haven’t set a wedding up. I’m not in a rush to do anything. One day we’ll do it, when we’re ready. We can’t live anywhere else because my children’s father lives here. We’ll figure it out.”

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The 39-year-old actress says the romantic scenes she shared with Ethan Hawke – with whom she has two children, Maya, 11, and Levon, seven – in 1997 movie ‘Gattaca’ are her all-time favourites because she had such strong feelings for him.

She said: “The best kiss I ever had for a movie was with the guy I married, because I was really hot for him back then.”

Uma, who was also previously married to actor Gary Oldman, is now engaged to millionaire businessman Arpad Busson but says she still loves Ethan, who she divorced in 2004.

She said: “I love the man still, I really do. Hey, we have two kids together. That’s very special. I’ll always love him.”

Uma recently said she has no immediate plans to walk down the aisle again.

She said: “I’m happily engaged, but we haven’t set a wedding up. I’m not in a rush to do anything. One day we’ll do it, when we’re ready.”

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