You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction film, it's entertainment, but you want it to be as real as possible.

Sometimes you don't prepare much. I mean, when I did 'Lonesome Dove' way back I rode horses day and night for like three or four months, and that got me ready for that.

The beginning and the end of the tango is the walk.

If you piss your pants, you can only stay warm for so long.

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.

I like the smell of toast. Coffee is okay, but I don't drink much coffee. But toast is a nice smell. You smell some toast coming from your kitchen in the morning, you know that you're involved in a domestic situation and the operation that's going on is pleasant.

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.