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Gene Hackman

"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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Donna Grant

"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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Donna Grant

"I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent."

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Donna Grant

"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."

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Donna Grant

"A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day."

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Donna Grant

"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

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Donna Grant

"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."

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Donna Grant

"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."

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Donna Grant

"The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers."

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Donna Grant

"An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."

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Donna Grant

"Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four."

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Gene Hackman
"Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors."

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Gene Hackman
"I do not like assassins, or men of low character."

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Gene Hackman
"The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways."

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Gene Hackman
"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 Hackman
"If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best."

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

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Gene Hackman
"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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