Gene Hackman Quotes

» Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

» 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.

» 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.

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

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

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

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

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