Gene Hackman Quotes


"I do not like assassins, or men of low character."
- Gene Hackman
(Related: Men, Character)

"I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press."
- Gene Hackman
(Related: Actor, Fame, Lawyers, Play, Press)

"If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best."
- Gene Hackman
(Related: Play)

"If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being."
- Gene Hackman
(Related: Being)

"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 at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that."
- Gene Hackman
(Related: Eyes, Man, Old)

"The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways."
- Gene Hackman
(Related: Difference)