16 Hackman Quotes for You to Enjoy

I'm not an Adonis, that's for damn sure. I've never really thought of myself that way, and it doesn't matter to me. My favorite actors aren't Adonises. Dustin Hoffman is a flawed-looking man; he's amazing to me. Tom Hanks is flawed-looking; people love him. Same with Gene Hackman. Shia LaBeouf

A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife. William H. Macy

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This new movie, 'Full Moon in Blue Water,' I loved the idea of working with Gene Hackman, who is a great actor, but when I read the script, I threw it right into the trash can, because I didn't like this woman. She was just a doormat. Teri Garr

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I still assume that, any day, I'm going to be exposed as a fraud. That, like I once heard Gene Hackman say, the acting police are going to burst in and take away my card. Chris Pine

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And Hackman had really choked up when he was telling it. It was very moving. Wes Anderson

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When you're still, and some actors are really brilliant at that, you bring a kind of energy to you as opposed to sending the energy out. There are some actors, like Gary Cooper or Kevin Spacey, that are absolutely brilliant - Gene Hackman is another - at being and allowing the audience to just do the work. Gabriel Byrne

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Gene Hackman was a superstar in the '70s - with that face! Joel Edgerton

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I wrote three mysteries and then a contemporary spy novel that was unbelievably derivative - completely based on 'The Conversation,' the movie with Gene Hackman. Amazingly, the character in the book looks exactly like... Gene Hackman. Alan Furst

Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time. Lane Garrison

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Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation. John C. Reilly

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I got to work with Gene Hackman for six weeks, side by side, 12 hours a day. Marguerite Moreau

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