When I read a story that I think has value and I want to be in it, that doesn't change for me. It doesn't fall out of favor for me. I might have to move on because the universe is saying you can't make this right now. But I'm going to circle back and make it.

My whole life has been instinctual for me. I wouldn't do well in the computer world.

We recognize ourselves in Westerns, ... I believe the Western can orchestrate moments around reality. The reality can be as entertaining to us as the lie.

There's a moment in time where kids really don't want to hear anything from their parents.

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come.

I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched.

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