"Once, I optioned a novel and tried to……" — Gene Hackman
"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. I realized I had a lot to learn."
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28 Quotes by Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman has 28 quotes on this site.
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Five players on the floor functioning as a single unit: team, team, team-no one more important than the other.
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I was trained to be an actor, not a star.
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Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994)
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If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.
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I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with…
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If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best.
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I don't like to talk about myself that much.
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I don't see myself as a violent guy.
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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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I left home when I was 16 because I was looking for adventure.
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I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.
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I'm not a sentimental guy.
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