I lost touch with my son in terms of advice early on. Maybe it had to do with being gone so much, doing location films when he was at an age where he needed support and guidance. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy. — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994) — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine. — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
