Gene Hackman Quotes
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.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?
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I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.
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If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I would love to work on a Bond film.
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I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.
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After Bush was elected in 2004 - please note that I didn't say 're-elected' - and I was walking around in my befuzzed state of confusion and low-grade depression, I set out more or systematically to read writers who'd grappled with that fundamental question of what America is, why it is the way it is.
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Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.
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I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.
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I think a big part of what has helped me move forward with the sport is my family. We're all so close together, and the support system has been amazing.
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Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.
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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.
