Gene Hackman Quotes
- 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…
- 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 else?'…
- I do not like assassins, or men of low character.
- Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.
- Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy.
- The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.
- 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 life…
- 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…