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Gene Hackman quotes: Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

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

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

Gene Hackman quotes: Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.

Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.

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

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

Gene Hackman quotes: I don't like to talk about myself that much.

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

Gene Hackman quotes: I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.

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

Gene Hackman quotes: 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.

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

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

Gene Hackman quotes: I don't trust air I can't see.

I don't trust air I can't see.

Gene Hackman quotes: The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

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

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

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

Gene Hackman quotes: That's the great thing about plankton. It pretty much keeps to itself.

That's the great thing about plankton. It pretty much keeps to itself.

Gene Hackman quotes: Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994)

Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994)

Gene Hackman quotes: The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about five guys, and we polished the leather furniture.

The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about five guys, and we polished the leather furniture.

Gene Hackman quotes: Five players on the floor functioning as a single unit: team, team, team-no one more important than the other.

Five players on the floor functioning as a single unit: team, team, team-no one more important than the other.

Gene Hackman quotes: Seventy-five per cent of being successful as an actor is pure luck. The rest is just endurance.

Seventy-five per cent of being successful as an actor is pure luck. The rest is just endurance.

Gene Hackman quotes: Don't piss in my ear and tell me it's raining.

Don't piss in my ear and tell me it's raining.

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

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

Gene Hackman quotes: I don't see myself as a violent guy.

I don't see myself as a violent guy.

Gene Hackman quotes: I left home when I was 16 because I was looking for adventure.

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

Gene Hackman quotes: I do not like assassins, or men of low character.

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

Gene Hackman quotes: I'm not a sentimental guy.

I'm not a sentimental guy.

Gene Hackman quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.

Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.