And Hackman had really choked up when he was telling it. It was very moving.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.
Gene Hackman was a superstar in the '70s - with that face!
Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
Once during a taping there was an actor who kept blowing his lines. It happened again and again. Finally Norman Fell came out-he wasn't even in that scene. But Norman came out and you know what he did? He killed the guy with a hammer.
I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen.
But he did say that the character would be on the sidelines in movies One and Two, and move into the middle with number Three, but I didn't realize he would move in with quite such a bang.
Most of the time I'm thinking, I'm glad that scene was improvised.
I remember Michael dribbling at the top of the key. Everybody knew to just get the hell out of his way.
Best fight ever in a movie: 'They Live.' I want to do a martial arts version of that, where you think it's ended, and it just keeps on going. I love that fight. It was funny as well. Unexpected.
Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene.