The idea is that one's temperament improves with age; that you learn to deal better with people and become more benevolent and loving. That's not necessarily true. I try to stay loose but sometimes the best thing to do is get yourself away and take a good nap.

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

Around my own friends, I like to mess around.

Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. People talk about being bigger than life - but there's nothing bigger than life.

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!

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.

Cows is one thing. But one man telling another man where he can go in this country is something else.