If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow.

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow.

Robert Duvall

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.

A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies.

A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies.

From the cradle to the grave, I always figure that we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.

From the cradle to the grave, I always figure that we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.

One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.

We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter.

We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter.

There's a lot of ignorance in our business... Everybody's an authority. To have your own vision is rewarding.

There's a lot of ignorance in our business... Everybody's an authority. To have your own vision is rewarding.

I hope I left behind a legacy that people will enjoy. But whatever they want to say, I can't predict.

I hope I left behind a legacy that people will enjoy. But whatever they want to say, I can't predict.

There was nothing wrong with shouting at God.

There was nothing wrong with shouting at God.

The beginning and the end of the tango are the walk.

The beginning and the end of the tango are the walk.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning.

I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning.

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.

Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon.

Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon.

There's no right or wrong just truthful or untruthful.

There's no right or wrong just truthful or untruthful.

I take a vitamin every day; it's called a steak.

I take a vitamin every day; it's called a steak.