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" You know I grew up watching the TV series The Rifleman. "
Tom Selleck
You
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" Son, never throw a punch at a redwood. "
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" I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't think there's quite as much innovation. "
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" The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character. "
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" I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical. "
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" To me, the excitement is in ordering a fine shotgun, going through the process that everybody who has bought one has gone through for 100 years. You order it, you make a significant down payment, and then you wait three or four years for the gun to be custom-made for you. "
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" I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol. Do I think I'm sexy? No, that's someone else's judgment, and I honestly don't think you can try to be sexy and really succeed. "
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" I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche. "
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" And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine. "
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" I hate going to the gym, so sweating outdoors sure beats sitting on a stationary bike staring at my navel. "
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Hate
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" I never try to pander to an audience, and I'm really not concerned with my image. I'm far more interested in stretching my abilities as an actor. "
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" I think there have been more movies in the Western genre than any other. I grew up watching those movies. "
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" I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk. "
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Risk
Really
" But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can be remade because they're great stories that aren't indelible in an audience's mind when it comes to both the cast and the story. "
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" I quit 'Magnum' to have a family. It took a long time to get off the train, but I try very hard to have balance, and this ranch has helped me do that. "
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Long
Family
Balance
" Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them. "
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Little
You
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" I live a pretty simple life. "
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Pretty
Live
Life
" It's not that conservatives don't care. We do. We just have different answers than liberals do. It's a difference of the mind, not of the heart. "
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" There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion. "
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" Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that's on your mind. "
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Experience
Forget
" Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale! "
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Me
Government
" Hopefully you marry someone who you not only love, but who you like as well. "
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Like
You
" It is scary for an actor when you get hired as a lead. No matter what the plot is, it is your job to do something interesting enough to make them want to get inside the lead character's head. "
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" People tracking your life and photographing you anywhere you go, that can make you crazy. "
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" I think character is real important. And you know, and I think the public does. "
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" Having had that experience... I think, what modern culture wants to see is the relationship with the woman. I don't think you can tell a story on film nowadays where the woman simply is there for the man when he decides to settle down. "
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" You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood. "
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Imitation
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" I don't feel the obligation to have a big explosion in the first 20 seconds so the audience doesn't turn on another channel. We are trying to make something that looks like a feature film that was bought for television and I think we are succeeding. "
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" I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do. "
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" Television's grown up a lot. It's a little more adult, which I think is a good thing. It allows actors to tell more complex stories. I'm happy to see where it ends up. "
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