Gene Hackman: 61 Movie Quotes with Audio

Movie quotes delivered by Gene Hackman, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 When I was 6 years old, my father said to me... -Get out.

As Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)

2 A book? Well, I guess that means you boys can read.

As Little Bill Daggett in Unforgiven

3 You been talking about the queen again? On Independence Day?

As Little Bill Daggett in Unforgiven

4 Look, son. Being a good shot, being quick with a pistol, that don't do no harm, but it don't mean much next to being cool-headed. A man who will keep his head and not get rattled under fire like as not, he'll kill you.

As Little Bill Daggett in Unforgiven

5 How do you choose to congratulate the greatest criminal mind of our time?

As Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)

6 Is that the newspaper I asked you to get me? -Yeah. -Why am I not reading it? -Because I haven't given it to you yet? -Right.

Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor; Ned Beatty as Otis in Superman (1978)

7 Do you realize what people are shelling out up there for a few miserable rooms off a common elevator?

As Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)

8 Some people could read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story.

As Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)

9 Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe.

As Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)

10 Now, think, people, think. Deductive reasoning, that's the name of the game.

As Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)