Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale!

Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know... It's just good entertainment.

I feel the other element of a western is the land, which is very important in this movie. I mean the land is another character in the piece, actually

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do

I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful.

Having had that experience... I think, what modern culture wants to see is the relationship with the woman. I don't think you can tell a story on film nowadays where the woman simply is there for the man when he decides to settle down

I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche