Gene: "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."
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Gene: "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."
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Gene: "If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best."
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Gene: "The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways."
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Gene: "Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors."
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Gene co-authored two novels with undersea archeologist Daniel Lenihan, Wake of the Perdido Star (1999) and Justice for None (2004).
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Gene was married to Fay Maltese for 30 years before divorcing in 1986. They had three children together.
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He was the first choice to play vicious serial killer Hannibal Lector in the hit film Silence of the Lambs (1991), and was also offered the chance to direct the film.
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At the age of 16, Gene was jailed for stealing candy & soda pop from a convenience store.
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Brother of Richard Hackman.
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He was the subject of the song "Gene Hackman" by Hoodoo Gurus.
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