Gene Hackman loved acting but hated everything that comes along with it, from hair and makeup to screenwriter notes, director Barry Sonnenfeld recalled in an interview following Hackman's death. Sonnenfeld directed Hackman in 'Get Shorty.

"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, repeated takes, and studio notes all frustrated Hackman, Sonnenfeld told BBC News.

Stuart Ashman, friend of the late Gene Hackman, shared with Fox News Digital that the actor had been “slowing down” and become somewhat “reclusive” in recent years before his mysterious death. Video by Derek Shook for Fox News Digital.