Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. If you pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.

Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. If you pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.

Robert Duvall

I want to focus more on my pitches, not on the tempo. After that, I felt more comfortable.

I want to focus more on my pitches, not on the tempo. After that, I felt more comfortable.

In life, I think huge failures are extremely important.

In life, I think huge failures are extremely important.

America has a culture of not saying sorry. I think there are a lot of people who will never admit they're wrong.

America has a culture of not saying sorry. I think there are a lot of people who will never admit they're wrong.

It's really hard to be consistent, and you have to know your body and know yourself.

It's really hard to be consistent, and you have to know your body and know yourself.

Way, way, way back I played a little bit, but I am definitely not a golfer. You know, it just takes too much time anyway during the course of the day.

Way, way, way back I played a little bit, but I am definitely not a golfer. You know, it just takes too much time anyway during the course of the day.

Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.

Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.

There's no smoking section in heaven.

There's no smoking section in heaven.

Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic.

Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic.

When I'm at home in Virginia, I become more hermit-like. I like my own home.

When I'm at home in Virginia, I become more hermit-like. I like my own home.

I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier.

I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier.

I love working in Texas anywhere.

I love working in Texas anywhere.

When you dance tango fast, you have to think slow.

When you dance tango fast, you have to think slow.

What drives me is I love my profession. I love to do it.

What drives me is I love my profession. I love to do it.

My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher.

My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher.

I'm a man without a corporation.

I'm a man without a corporation.

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

Around my own friends, I like to mess around.

Around my own friends, I like to mess around.

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.