Actors Quote by Gene Hackman

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“Seventy-five per cent of being successful as an actor is pure luck. The rest is just endurance.”

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I'm not a sentimental guy.

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I don't like to talk about myself that much.

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Don't piss in my ear and tell me it's raining.

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I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.

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