You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

There's a lot of ignorance in our business... Everybody's an authority. To have your own vision is rewarding.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

Well, it's like my movie, 'The Apostle.' Some people in the North don't get that movie. They think that, in the South, if you don't shout, you can't play one of those guys.

Although it wasn't that easy to do, it was wonderful working with John Wayne.

I'm a man without a corporation.

I don't have many people showing up at my door. Very few people come out. When they do, I get a little suspicious. I live way up on a hill, way, way back in the country.