Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston.

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

Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston.

But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can be remade because they're great stories that aren't indelible in an audience's mind when it comes to both the cast and the story

Television's grown up a lot. It's a little more adult, which I think is a good thing. It allows actors to tell more complex stories. I'm happy to see where it ends up.

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

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