Gene Hackman

I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine. ”

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. ”

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

Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done. ”

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors. ”

If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being. ”

It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that. ”