New film reminded Ethan Hawke of divorce

"Anybody who's divorced will tell you that the transition at the end of the summer, which, as a father, is the one time of year where you get to spend a lot of time with your kid, is very painful," he told Entertainment Weekly.u00a0

Ethan Hawke

"You get confronted with the facts of your divorce. It's always a very painful moment for me. So that made it into the beginning of 'Before Midnight'," he added.

He is now married to Ryan Shawhughes and the couple has two children. u00a0