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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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Brennan Manning

"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."

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Brennan Manning

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

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Brennan Manning

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

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Brennan Manning

"Eventually though, I'd like to have my own production company. Then I could create great opportunities not only for myself, but for other actors as well."

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Brennan Manning

"My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful."

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Brennan Manning

"Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone."

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Brennan Manning

"Think of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. They used the same actors over and over again."

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Brennan Manning

"One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor."

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Brennan Manning

"Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities."

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Brennan Manning

"A lot of talented actors still have to pay their bills."

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

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

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

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