Ethan Hawke is thankful that his daughter’s imagination didn’t get lost in the Upside Down .

The Dead Poets Society alum reflected on the moment he knew Maya Hawke , whom he shares with ex-wife Uma Thurman , was destined to have a career in the arts.

“I knew when she was about 4 that she was gonna be an artist. And I knew that she was gonna be a very good one,” Ethan, 55, told Sydney Sweeney in their Variety ’s Actors on Actors conversation on Dec. 11. “That was her safe place—watercoloring, dancing, and singing all throughout her childhood. There were a lot of things about her childhood that were really, really hard and complicated, and things I regret for her.”

While the Sinister actor didn’t share the hardships Maya, 27, went through growi

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