I was trained to be an actor, not a star. Gene Hackman More Quotes by Gene Hackman More Quotes From Gene Hackman I don't like to talk about myself that much. Gene Hackman My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway. Gene Hackman broadwaycomedyplay I don't see myself as a violent guy. Gene Hackman violentguy I left home when I was 16 because I was looking for adventure. Gene Hackman lefthomeadventure Five players on the floor functioning as a single unit: team, team, team-no one more important than the other. Gene Hackman teambasketballplayer That's the great thing about plankton. It pretty much keeps to itself. Gene Hackman planktonreplacementsgreat-things Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994) Gene Hackman stranger 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 awfulcareerschoices If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being. Gene Hackman starslostlooks 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 marinenew-yorkjobs I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine. Gene Hackman marineauthoritytrouble
