I'm going to put a museum on my ranch and people keep saying, "That's a huge idea." Yeah, it's big, but not bigger than the average big movie. A hundred million dollars in the art world is a substantial amount of cash to do anything. That's maybe a big gallery's total sales for a given year.

You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced. I was very hurt and very angry and so was she. But when kids are involved, you either become friends with respect or you become mortal enemies.

Mark Twain is a universe, and he is also a kind of American authority figure. He can say things to America that other people can't say, in a way that can truly be heard.

I'm very wary of news on television.

I live on a ranch that's larger than Manhattan. That's a weird circumstance.

I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.

I think death is just a transition to another state of consciousness.