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This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

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I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

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I try to get the best performance an actor can give. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

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

— 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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Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene. ↗

— Mark Haddon

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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

#came #first #four #got #half

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. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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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 else?' But overall I'm pretty satisfied that I made the right choice when I decided to be an actor. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops. ↗

— David Hackworth

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