I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there who want me to fail. It's a weird vibe.

You have to pick the stories that you want to be involved with and the end game is you'd like to be a part of a hit. But I think your moral obligation is to follow your own heart.

If you want to make a great sports movie, don't put too much sports in it. It's the backdrop. It's the environment.

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

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

The western will always be here. And it just depends on how good you make one. And one movie doesn't kill it. And one movie doesn't preserve it. It's storytelling. It's a very American thing. I'll continue to do it.

I like when my face tingles, when the hair on the back of my neck stands up.