--- title: "1 Job Working Quotes By Gene Hackman" description: "1 Job Working quotes by Gene Hackman. Plus more from Gene Hackman and more Job Working sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/gene-hackman-19434_building_the-worst-job-i-ever-had-was-working-nig_1695997.jpg" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/the-worst-job-i-ever-had-was-working-nights-in-the-chrysler-building/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/gene-hackman-19434_building_the-worst-job-i-ever-had-was-working-nig_1695997.jpg) ## More by Gene Hackman > [My grandfather had been a newspaper reporter, as was my uncle. They were pretty good writers and so I thought maybe somewhere down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/my-grandfather-had-been-a-newspaper-reporter-as-was-my-uncle-they/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/it-really-costs-me-a-lot-emotionally-to-watch-myself-on-screen-i/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came right to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/i-went-in-the-marines-when-i-was-16-i-spent-four-and-a-half-years-in/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/hollywood-loves-to-typecast-and-i-guess-they-saw-me-as-a-violent-guy/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [You go through stages in your career that you feel very good about yourself. Then you feel awful, like, 'Why didn't I choose something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/you-go-through-stages-in-your-career-that-you-feel-very-good-about/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [Honesty isn't enough for me. That becomes very boring. If you can convince people what you're doing is real and it's also bigger than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/honesty-isn-t-enough-for-me-that-becomes-very-boring-if-you-can/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/the-difference-between-a-hero-and-a-coward-is-one-step-sideways/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/nothing-counts-so-much-as-family-the-rest-are-just-strangers-as/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [I'm not a sentimental guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/i-m-not-a-sentimental-guy/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [I don't like to talk about myself that much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/i-don-t-like-to-talk-about-myself-that-much/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [Don't piss in my ear and tell me it's raining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/don-t-piss-in-my-ear-and-tell-me-it-s-raining/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/i-have-trouble-with-direction-because-i-have-trouble-with-authority-i/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/if-i-start-to-become-a-star-i-ll-lose-contact-with-the-normal-guys-i/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [I don't see myself as a violent guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/i-don-t-see-myself-as-a-violent-guy/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) > [The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about five guys, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-hackman/the-worst-job-i-ever-had-was-working-nights-in-the-chrysler-building/) [Gene Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-hackman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/job-working/gene-hackman/#itemlist", "name": "1 Job Working Quotes By Gene Hackman", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. 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