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" I wait and take on projects that I think can work. "

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" What are we blaming? Is this Vietnam? We made a movie, it didn't make much money. I'm gonna be really happy if somebody watches it in 10 years' time and really enjoys it. "

" I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films. "

" If you're willing to tell somebody that you love them, are you also willing to say you're sorry? You need to, even when you think you're in the right. "

" We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It's a delusion to think it's gone away. "

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" I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse. "

" I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people. "

Do The Right Thing

" We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock. "

" When I do a Western, I often wonder what I would have really done in that situation. "

" I like American history. "

American History

" When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them. "

" If you think of 'Liberty Valance' or 'The Searchers,' there are moments in there that you'll never, ever forget... And it does not matter what century you are from. "

" I had a difficult time hearing my own inner voice about what I wanted to be in this life, because there were all these perfect examples of what a man actually does. The notion is that he goes to college, gets married and provides. That's what a man does. "

" I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day. "

" There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out. "

" I don't give up. I'm a plodder. People come and go, but I stay the course. "

" One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well. "

" You just do the things that you love and see if other people can like them too. "

" Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get. "

Beautiful Woman

" Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life. "

" I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.' "

" If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life. "

" I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again. "

" We all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we love, especially if we lose them tragically. We wonder what fear was going on, we wonder if we could have reached out and touched them, held their hand, looked in their eyes, been there. "

" I've always known that I'm a little out of vogue. "

" If you're going to tear down a hero, you should never forget that you're tearing down someone else's hero. You're tearing down somebody else's son. You might have to face her one day. "

" President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat. "

" Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor. "

" I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see. "