There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out.

What is it you want? That's a question that we all get posed sometimes internally and sometimes externally.

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.

I had a difficult time hearing my own inner voice about what I wanted to be in this life, because there were all these perfect examples of what a man actually does. The notion is that he goes to college, gets married and provides. That's what a man does.

You're this rat in the American maze, working your way towards the cheese, which is a job.

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

I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.