Gene Hackman Net Worth

Gene Hackman's Quotes

• 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.
• [on aging] 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.
• The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.
• [on accepting his Best Actor Oscar] I wish all five of us could be up here, I really do.
• If I start to become a "star", I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best.

Interesting Facts about Gene Hackman

1. Was the first choice to play Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch (1969).
2. He was the sixth choice to play Popeye Doyle in The French Connection (1971).
3. He lied about his age to join the Marines at 16, but left as soon as his initial tour was complete.
4. While at the Pasadena Playhouse, Hackman and a classmate were voted "Least likely to succeed". The classmate was Dustin Hoffman.
5. Was the first choice to play Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
6. Was also offered the chance to direct The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
7. Turned down the part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Pearl Harbor (2001), which went to Jon Voight.
8. Jailed as a teen (c. 1946) for stealing candy & soda pop from a candy store.
9. One of the most sustaining actors of all time, he still averaged two films a year in his 70s, having starred in six in 2001 alone. This all changed however in 2004, when he last acted in Welcome to Mooseport (2004). He has not appeared in anything since.
10. Has stated that his performance in Scarecrow (1973) is his personal favorite.
11. Revealed on Inside the Actors Studio (1994) that two of the most important factors in deciding on which films he will work on are the script and the money.
12. 2001: Was involved in a road-rage incident when two young men attacked him for hitting their car in Hollywood.
13. Father of Christopher Hackman. He also has 2 daughters named Leslie Hackman and Elizabeth Hackman.
14. Brother of Richard Hackman.
15. Has appeared in three films adapted from novels by John Grisham: The Firm (1993), The Chamber (1996) and Runaway Jury (2003).
16. Based his role, in The Conversation (1974), on one of his uncles and a fellow Marine he had known well. He characterized the Marine as someone "who probably became a serial killer".
17. Dustin Hoffman came to New York after finishing his training at the Pasadena Playhouse. The two of them roomed together in New York at Hackman's one-bedroom apartment on 2nd Ave. & 26th St. Hoffman slept on the kitchen floor. Originally, Hackman had offered to let him stay a few nights, but Hoffman would not leave. Hackman had to take him out to look for his own apartment.
18. As roommates, Dustin Hoffman and Hackman would often go to the apartment rooftop and play the drums. Hoffman played the bongo drums while Hackman played the conga drums. They did it out of their love for Marlon Brando, who they had heard played music in clubs. They wanted to be like Brando and were big fans of his.
19. Dustin Hoffman asked for the part of Rankin Fitch in Runaway Jury (2003), which had gone to Hackman. Hoffman admits to asking, "Can't you get rid of Gene and give me the part?".
20. Runaway Jury (2003) was the first time he and former roommate Dustin Hoffman performed on the screen together.