Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

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?

You gotta be careful with message movies. People say "What do you want people to take away from it?" I always say its totally individual.

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.

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.

My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher.

It suits him because way back many years ago when Nikita Mikhalkov, the great Russian director, came, I said, "I want you to meet somebody." So I get Billy Bob from Malvern, Arkansas and Nikita Mikhalkov from Moscow. It's just two big talents meet. We sat for two or three hours and talked. It was great. He's the real deal, this guy.