My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble.

As I've always said, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' I'm much better with women than I am being tough in a bar!

I'd rather have a small part in a good film with good people than play the lead in something I don't really care for.

Unforgiven, I think, is the best Western ever.

Johnny Ringo to me was just the best antagonist that I've ever played, because I played him as a guy who has a death wish and had done everything that he wanted in life. As far as he was concerned, a gun fight was about as exciting as it was going to get.

I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my hat on backwards. So much for my career as a cowboy.

I think every director's different. Every director's got his own style. I mean, when I directed, I basically just screamed for eight hours a day, twelve hours a day.