Gene Hackman Movie Quotes & Lines – 61 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Mar 7, 2025

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1 It's amazing that brain can generate enough power to keep those legs moving.

As Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)

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

As Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)

3 Doesn't it give you kind of a shudder of electricity through you to be in the same room with me?

As Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)

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

As Little Bill Daggett in Unforgiven

5 I see you've shaved your chin whiskers off. -I was tasting the soup two hours after I ate it.

English Bob (Richard Harris), Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman) in Unforgiven

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

As Little Bill Daggett in Unforgiven

7 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

8 Innocent? Innocent of what?

As Little Bill Daggett in Unforgiven

9 I seen Claudia, too. -That's good, Will. That's good you saw Claudia, ain't it? -Her face was all covered with worms.

As Little Bill Daggett in Unforgiven

10 I don't deserve this. To die like this. I was building a house. -Deserve's got nothing to do with it.

William Munny (Clint Eastwood), Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman) in Unforgiven

Gene Hackman Movie Quotes & Lines – 61 Classics (+ Audio)

1 It's amazing that brain can generate enough power to keep those legs moving.

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

3 Doesn't it give you kind of a shudder of electricity through you to be in the same room with me?

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

5 I see you've shaved your chin whiskers off. -I was tasting the soup two hours after I ate it.

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

7 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.

8 Innocent? Innocent of what?

9 I seen Claudia, too. -That's good, Will. That's good you saw Claudia, ain't it? -Her face was all covered with worms.

10 I don't deserve this. To die like this. I was building a house. -Deserve's got nothing to do with it.

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