We all have to have our north star that we fix on and go to, but life is so much about the things that bump into you.

Westerns aren't about the gunfight, even though it has to be there at one point. It's not what they're about, at least the good ones. It's about the drama. It's about the resourcefulness of men and women.

Great stories don't often make great movies. Its' a crafted art form.

I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

I actually play sports better when I'm mad. Some players don't play better when they're mad. They lose their sense of where they're at. I have a tendency to do better when I'm under pressure.

When I do a Western, I often wonder what I would have really done in that situation.

When I see my children, and when I see the people who value me, I know how lucky I am.