But you know, I'm very conscious that people criticize Hollywood. Yet we've created a form, the Western, that can be understood in every country. The good guys against the bad guys. No nuances. And the horse is the best vehicle of action in our medium. You take action, a scene, and scenery, and cut them together, and you never miss.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

The guy you see on the screen isn’t really me. I’m Duke Morrison, and I never was and never will be a film personality like JOHN WAYNE . I know him well. I’m one of his closest students. I have to be. I made a living out of him.

A long time ago, I made me a rule. I let people do what they want to do.

I'm a greedy old man. Life's been good to me, and I want some more of it.

Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!