Once, I optioned a novel and tried to do a screenplay on it, which was great fun, but I was too respectful. I was only 100 pages into the novel and I had about 90 pages of movie script going.… — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
My grandfather had been a newspaper reporter, as was my uncle. They were pretty good writers and so I thought maybe somewhere down the… — Gene Hackman Copy Share
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… — Gene Hackman Copy Share
I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came right to… — Gene Hackman Copy Share
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… — Gene Hackman Copy Share
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… — Gene Hackman Copy Share
Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994) — Gene Hackman Copy Share
I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine. — Gene Hackman Copy Share
If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best. — Gene Hackman Copy Share
The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about five guys, and… — Gene Hackman Copy Share
