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Gene Hackman
American
January 30, 1930
Actor
I'm not a sentimental guy.
Gene Hackman
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Guy
Sentimental
I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.
Gene Hackman
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Been
Feeling
Success
I do not like assassins, or men of low character.
Gene Hackman
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Men
Like
Character
I left home when I was 16 because I was looking for adventure.
Gene Hackman
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Home
Because
Looking
Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.
Gene Hackman
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Good
Actor
Pretty
I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.
Gene Hackman
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Good
Because
Trouble
My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway.
Gene Hackman
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Never
Were
Did
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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Play
Actor
Deal
The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about five guys, and we polished the leather furniture.
Gene Hackman
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About
Had
Ever
My grandfather had been a newspaper reporter, as was my uncle. They were pretty good writers and so I thought maybe somewhere down the line I would do some writing.
Gene Hackman
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Good
Had
Been
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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Great
About
Had
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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