Gene Hackman movie quotes

“- Sgt. Johnny Gallagher: I think you're going to prison, Walter.
- Thomas Boyette: You don't know where I'm going.”
Gene Hackman - Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Tommy Lee Jones - Thomas Boyette

“There's no bond as strong as that shared by men who have faced death in battle. You men seem to have a strong sense of loyalty, because you're thought of as criminals, because of Vietnam. You know why? Because you lost. And in this country, that's like going bankrupt. You're out of business. They want to forget about you. You cost too much, and...” (continue)(continue reading)
Gene Hackman - Col. Jason Rhodes

“- Tracy: What did you do for girls up here?
- Jack McCann: I guess we did without. Unlike some people I know.
- Tracy: Suppose I'd been here. Would you have given me a second glance?
- Jack McCann: No. My darling Tracy, I never would have taken my eyes off you.”
Theresa Russell - Tracy
Gene Hackman - Jack McCann

“Sacrifice. To some, it is just a word. To others it is a code. The life of one individual ant does not matter. What matters is the colony. And each soldier knows that he's willing to live for the colony, to fight for the colony, to die for the colony.”
Gene Hackman - General Mandible

- Anderson: Did you see the weddingphotograph? His three pals, the ushers, had their thumbs hooked in their belts, with their three fingers pointing down.
- Ward: So what is that? Some sort of Masonic thing?
- Anderson: No! "K-K-K".
Gene Hackman - Anderson
Willem Dafoe - Ward

“- Royal Tenenbaum: Well, what does she feel about that?
- Richie Tenenbaum: I think she feels confused.
- Royal Tenenbaum: Well, I can understand that, it's probably illegal!
- Richie Tenenbaum: I don't think so, we're not related by blood.
- Royal Tenenbaum: That's true. It's still frowned upon. But then, what isn't these days, right?”

Gene Hackman - Royal Tenenbaum
Luke Wilson - Richie Tenenbaum

“- Mayor Tilman: Fact is, we got two cultures down here: a white culture, and a colored culture. Now, that's the way it always has been, and that's the way it always will be.
- Anderson: Rest of America don't see it that way, Mr. Mayor.
- Sheriff Ray Stuckey: Rest of America don't mean jack shit. You are in Mississippi now.”
R. Lee Ermey - Mayor Tilman
Gene Hackman - Anderson

“- Little Bill Daggett: Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!
- Bill Munny: Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend.”
Gene Hackman - Little Bill Daggett
Clint Eastwood - Bill Munny

“Everybody has a secret they don't want you to find.”
Gene Hackman - Rankin Fitch

- Walter Lloyd: I hope you're not going to fool around because I have a lot of things to do.
- Donna Lloyd: You mean "Miss Twinkle Tits" in banking?
Gene Hackman - Walter Lloyd
Gayle Hunnicutt - Donna Lloyd

“- Jimmy McGinty: You know what seperates the winners from the losers?
- Shane Falco: The score.
- Jimmy McGinty: No, getting back on the horse after getting kicked in the teeth.”
Gene Hackman - Jimmy McGinty
Keanu Reeves - Shane Falco

“We're here to preserve democracy, not practice it.”

Gene Hackman - Ramsey

“Smoking is part of the fun of being a kid. We just did some tests on some 9-year-olds. After a little puking, why, you couldn't drag 'em away from the stuff. You're only young once. Why not indulge, though, I always say.”
Gene Hackman - William B. Tensy

“Terrorists sir? They were pretty well organized. It was like a military operation.”
Gene Hackman - Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

“- Frieda: I'm dying, Paris.
- Jack McCann: Wait, what happens now?
- Frieda: A mystery. The end of the beginning.”
Helena Kallianiotes - Frieda
Gene Hackman - Jack McCann

“- Chris Lloyd: Look, I don't know who you were in the old days but don't you think I should do the driving now?
- Walter Lloyd: Just don't worry, okay? I think I can handle.
- Chris Lloyd: Alright. Here we go to Hamburg at 20 miles an hour.”
Matt Dillon - Chris Lloyd
Gene Hackman - Walter Lloyd

“All I ask is that you keep up with me. If you can't, then that strange sensation you'll be feeling in the seat of your pants will be my boot in your ass!”

Gene Hackman - Ramsey

“Trials are too important to be left up to juries.”
Gene Hackman - Rankin Fitch

“What if there was hope? What would it be worth to be able to walk again? To be able to feed yourself? To go back to your old life? To be a doctor? What would you endure?”
Gene Hackman - Dr. Lawrence Myrick

“- Sam Boyd: Is it alarmed?
- Pyiotr Ivanovich Grushenko: Only if you frighten it.”

Gene Hackman - Sam Boyd
Mikhail Baryshnikov - Pyiotr Ivanovich Grushenko

“- Lt. Colonel Iceal Hambleton: Bird Dog, I killed a man today. He wasn't even a soldier; he just kept coming. I couldn't stop him. I didn't want to do it. I never had to do anything like that before in my life.
- Captain Bartholomew Clark: Listenhere, Bat 21. I never met you, but you don't sound like a killer to me. I'm sure you couldn't stop...” (continue)(continue reading)
Gene Hackman - Lt. Colonel Iceal Hambleton
Danny Glover - Captain Bartholomew Clark

“- Joe Moore: Nobody lives forever.
- Fran Moore: Frank Sinatra gave it a shot.”
Gene Hackman - Joe Moore
Rebecca Pidgeon - Fran Moore

“- Eve Teschmacher: I like trees.
- Lex Luthor: So does your average cocker spaniel.”
Valerie Perrine - Eve Teschmacher
Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor

“- Brig. Gen. George Crook: How many White-Eyes did you kill since you left Turkey Creek?
- Geronimo: Maybe fifty. Maybe more. How many Apaches do you kill?
- Brig. Gen. George Crook: You killed women and children.
- Geronimo: So did you.”
Gene Hackman - Brig. Gen. George Crook
Wes Studi - Geronimo

“Where does it come from? All this hatred?”

Gene Hackman - Anderson