Gene Hackman Quotes

The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

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

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

If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.

That's the great thing about plankton. It pretty much keeps to itself.

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

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

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

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

I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.