Gene Hackman Quotes, Thoughts and images

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.

My wife and I take what we call our Friday comedy day off. We watch standup comics on TV. The raunchier the better. We love Eddie Izzard.

Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers.

I'm not a sentimental guy.

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

If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best.

I don't see myself as a violent guy.

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

Five players on the floor functioning as a single unit: team, team, team-no one more important than the other.

My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway.

I was trained to be an actor, not a star.