Gene Hackman Quotes

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

~ Gene Hackman

Actor Dysfunctional Families Good Good Actors Number Pretty Pretty Good

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I do not like assassins, or men of low character.

~ Gene Hackman

Assassins Character Like Low Men

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I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.

~ Gene Hackman

Actor Agents Deal Fame Lawyers Play Press Roles Star Trained

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If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best.

~ Gene Hackman

Become Best Contact Guys Lose Normal Play Star Start

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If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.

~ Gene Hackman

Any Being Human Human Being Look Lost Something Star You Yourself

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It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that.

~ Gene Hackman

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The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

~ Gene Hackman

Between Coward Difference Hero Sideways Step

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Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy.

~ Gene Hackman

Guess Guy Hollywood Loves Me Saw Typecast Violent

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I don't like to talk about myself that much.

~ Gene Hackman

About Like Much Myself Talk

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I don't see myself as a violent guy.

~ Gene Hackman

Guy Myself See Violent

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I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.

~ Gene Hackman

Authority Because Direction Good Marine Trouble

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I left home when I was 16 because I was looking for adventure.

~ Gene Hackman

Adventure Because Home Left Looking

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I lost touch with my son in terms of advice early on. Maybe it had to do with being gone so much, doing location films when he was at an age where he needed support and guidance.

~ Gene Hackman

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I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came right to New York to be an actor. And then seven years later, I got my first job.

~ Gene Hackman

Actor Came First First Job Four Got Half Half Years Job Later Marines New New York Right Seven Spent Then Years York

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I write in the morning from about eight till noon, and sometimes again a bit in the afternoon. In the morning I start off by going over what I had done the previous day, which my wife has happily typed up for me.

~ Gene Hackman

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I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.

~ Gene Hackman

Been Disappointed Feeling Success

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I'm not a sentimental guy.

~ Gene Hackman

Guy Sentimental

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My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway.

~ Gene Hackman

Broadway Comedies Days Did Early Early Days Never Play Straight Were

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My grandfather had been a newspaper reporter, as was my uncle. They were pretty good writers and so I thought maybe somewhere down the line I would do some writing.

~ Gene Hackman

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My wife and I take what we call our Friday comedy day off. We watch standup comics on TV. The raunchier the better. We love Eddie Izzard.

~ Gene Hackman

Better Call Comedy Comics Day Eddie Friday Love Off Our Standup Take TV Watch Wife

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