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The context is: When Hackman was 13, his father abandoned the family. Hackman was out in the street, playing. His father passed him by, just giving a wave of his hand.

"I hadn't realized how much one small gesture can mean," he once said, looking back on it. "Maybe that's why I became an actor."

You can read the whole interview here: Eighty-one Years. Seventy-nine Movies. Two Oscars. Not One Bad Performance.