Actor Quote by Gene Hackman Download Open image “I was trained to be an actor, not a star.” — Gene Hackman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actor Actor Star Actors Astronomy Inspirational Love Star Stars Theatre Trained Trained Actor
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and… — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
I trained for three years at drama school to be an actor - not a celebrity. — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
I wasn't looking to be a star, I just happened to love acting, I was a reluctant actor. — Abhay Deol Copy Share Image
I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star. — Lauren Ambrose Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. — David Carradine 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
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I auditioned for the theater school, and I was there for four years. In the meantime, I did my first… — Ana de Armas Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field. — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
