By Hollywood standards, Hackman was a bit of a late bloomer. He didn’t have his first break out role until 1967, when at the age of 37 he caught the industry’s attention with

"He loved being an actor, and hated all the stuff that surrounds being an actor." That, for film director Barry Sonnenfeld, is how he'll remember Gene Hackman, who has died at the age of 95. The endless hours in hair and makeup,

The late star “hated all the stuff that surrounds being an actor," said Barry Sonnenfeld, who directed Hackman in 'Get Shorty' Acting was everything to Gene Hackman. The late actor, who died last month at the age of 95,