Washington DC, Feb. 26 -- Hollywood actor Ethan Hawke has opened up about the intense preparation behind his Oscar-nominated performance in 'Blue Moon', saying memorising the film's extensive dialogue "broke my brain," according to People.

Hawke, 55, has earned his fifth nomination at the Academy Awards for portraying real-life lyricist Lorenz Hart in the Richard Linklater-directed biopic. Reflecting on the experience, the actor said the sheer volume of lines was unlike anything he had faced before.

"I had more lines on my first day of filming Blue Moon than I'd probably had in 10 years combined," Hawke said, adding that the script contained a "staggering amount of verbiage." While he takes pride in his ability to handle dialogue-heavy ...