Scarecrow Quotes

Hackman has said that the failure of Scarecrow (1973) turned him off of art films due to the disappointment of working hard on a film that was critically acclaimed, but that tanked at the box office and failed to garner any awards. After this flop, Hackman mainly concentrated on acting for money, turning down such films as One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest (1975) and Network (1976) for roles in films like March or Die (1977) and Lucky Lady (1975) that offered him fatter paychecks.

(on doing Scarecrow (1973) with Gene Hackman) Gene and I are two people not very similar. We had to play a very close relationship, but I just didn`t think we were as connected as we should have been. We seemed apart. We didn`t have altercations, we didn`t hate each other. But we didn`t communicate, didn`t think in the same terms. Gene and I were thrown together, but under ordinary circumstances we`d never cavort or be friends. It was two worlds - but I have to say that I was as much responsible as he was.

I can have a bit of fun with it, too, because my only motivation really is being bad. I love doing proper dramatic character studies, but it`s also good to have a but of fun, dress up and stuff. - On accepting the role of the Scarecrow in Batman Begins (2005).

Well, we are doppelgangers. - on that Howard Stern nearly played Scarecrow, Cillian`s role in Batman Begins (2005), in an early attempted adaptation.

When you`re young, you should live out every weekend. Even if you look like a scarecrow, you just gotta go!

I knew that I was taking part in a strange kind of adventure. (on playing the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz")

That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.