I can always grow a little bit, and try to do something different. So I'm always looking for what's out there - the potential.

Sometimes directors will hire you and say, 'Oh, we love your work.' And then they start to tell you how to do it. I say, 'Hey, man, back off. You hired me to do it. Let me do it.'

When I'm at home in Virginia, I become more hermit-like. I like my own home.

A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies.

I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet!

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow.