I like to do things that I develop from the ground up.

As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while.

Never use money to measure wealth, son.

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.

I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, "Godfather I" and "Godfather II," and "Lonesome Dove".

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this country, don't you think?