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Gene Hackman
American
Actor
About the author
Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.
Gene Hackman,
American
Actor
#Pretty
#Actors
I do not like assassins, or men of low character.
Gene Hackman,
American
Actor
#Character
#Men
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,
American
Actor
#Play
#Actor
#Lawyers
#Press
#Fame
If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best.
Gene Hackman,
American
Actor
#Play
If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.
Gene Hackman,
American
Actor
#Being
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,
American
Actor
#Man
#Old
#Eyes
The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.
Gene Hackman,
American
Actor
#Difference