Gene Hackman Quotes

My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.'

Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

Nobody walks this earth thinking he's better than I think I am - I think I'm great. At the same time, it's so obvious to me that I'm nobody.

I don't consider myself a star or a celebrity or anybody, you know. I just think of myself as doing something that I love to do.

I don't act to be popular or see my face on the cover of magazines every time I go out to get coffee. I don't want to think about me all the time and what I look like.

I don't think I'm such an amazing person who needs to be written about.

I have never looked at myself as a star.

I didn't take myself seriously for a long time.

Obsessing about my image - that's not my shtick.

I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description.

I'm not worried any more about changing people's view of me.

I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt.

I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.

I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.

I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

I can't assume that people see me the way I see myself. I have to show them. But I can't do it in a way where it's too much, where it's rude. I feel like when you're a king, you lead. And I just see myself as a king, or as something more than just a regular human being.

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.'

Why am I a star? It can't be because of looks.

I'm not the beautiful one.

Nobody thinks of themselves as sexy, really. Some days you go, 'Hey, I'm not going too bad today.' But if you try and be sexy, you'll never be sexy.

I like having my picture taken and being a glamorous person. Sometimes when I find myself getting impatient, I just remember the times I cried my eyes out because nobody wanted to take my picture at the Trocadero.

I've personally never wanted to be 'the babe', and refuse to let vanity get in the way of my acting because I don't see my job as being a beautiful person.

Ego is good.