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" I've worked in the film business for 45 years, and I want to keep on growing as a filmmaker. I want to see my visual life grow and be increasingly effective in this world. "

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" In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything. "

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" I look upon pride as a sin. "

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" As an actor I want to do as many takes as I can. I wanna shoot the scene... or shoot the shot 'til they make me quit. "

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" If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work. "

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" As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done together with friends is a privilege. "

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" I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere. "

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" No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others. "

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" As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture. "

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" I don't play just villains. I like to have parts that are not simply villains. "

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" I'm always happy to have a job. "

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" Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters. "

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" All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly. "

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" I like to make movies on the west side of the Mississippi River, and a lot of times, the movies I direct have horses and big hats in them and get called westerns, but that's okay. I used to resent that, but I don't anymore. "

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" The quality of one's emotional life changes over the years, doesn't it? But the basic instincts and desires, greed and hope, seem to remain constant. In the larger scope of things, there's a sense of fulfillment to living a creative life. So I guess that's what keeps me going. "

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" I'm a hedonist. "

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" I probably watch less than one hour of television a week. And when I do watch television, it's usually a football game. Sometimes I'll watch a news broadcast for a few minutes. Otherwise, I don't have time. "

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" The entire elementary school in Rotan, Texas, presented a theatrical production of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.' And the part of Sneezy fell to me. "

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" I have worked on very good movies that have been buried, and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces. "

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" How do you play someone in a movie? How do you do that? It's impossible - unless you know how. How do you cut somebody open and take out their appendix and sew them back up and watch them get well? That's impossible - unless you know how. "

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" I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it! "

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" Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity. "

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" I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I want to tell these stories and present these shapes, colors and movements as I see them, as I see them serve a narrative. As I see that narrative serve an audience. That's what I want to do. "

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" It's important for me as an actor to know the entire script before you start shooting, and especially if you're directing, you don't want to be struggling with anything. "

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" I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word. "

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" I'm a believer in belief. Faith is something that works - it causes people to do things, it has results. It's an intangible, indefinable, very real thing. And it moves people, sometimes to atrocity. And sometimes to survival. "

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