Gene Hackman

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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I do not like assassins, or men of low character. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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

— Gene Hackman

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I don't see myself as a violent guy. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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

— Gene Hackman

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I left home when I was 16 because I was looking for adventure. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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I lost touch with my son in terms of advice early on. Maybe it had to do with being gone so much, doing location films when he was at an age where he needed support and guidance. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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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

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I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came right to New York to be an actor. And then seven years later, I got my first job. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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