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.

If it's going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it.

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.

When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.

It's never bothered me to work hard. I've probably worked on some of the longest schedules in movie history.

I think there's true drama in the formation of everything that we know and are standing on the shoulders of.

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat.