Hawke: "It’s probably my single favorite take of anything I’ve been involved with." Delpy: "That was really special. It was like magic — each time I felt Ethan looking away, I would look at him and vice versa. I almost fell in love with him right there, but then Rick said cut."
– Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke The New York Times - ‘Before Sunrise’: The Making of an Indie Classic