Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon..

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America..

I love going to black churches, and I love some of these black preachers. The best preacher I ever saw in my life was a 93-year-old in a black church….

I can always grow a little bit, and try to do something different. So I'm always looking for what's out there - the potential..

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience..

I am getting some good offers still. Some nice things are coming my way just as they always have, so unless I lose my inspiration or there is too muc….

I'm getting good offers, as good as ever sometimes. I just finished a thing with Billy Bob Thornton that was the most unique part I've ever played in….

Some people say, 'Do you have any theories on acting?' And I say, well maybe: I think you can start with zero and end with zero. You don't have to go….

I try not to look for messages in films..

It's a cyclical thing. When they make one, everyone loves them. Different genres come around in succession. People always welcome the western. It's A….

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great genera….

You obviously don't have to be a murderer to play a murderer or you don't have to be a dictator to play a dictator. So, you're an actor. You come up ….

You know, Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a l….

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 ….

I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment..

When you dance tango fast, you have to think slow..

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part..

Too many people think that economics is this subject that should wait until the university level. But it can't wait that long..

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films..

I like the smell of toast. Coffee is okay, but I don't drink much coffee. But toast is a nice smell. You smell some toast coming from your kitchen in….

A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies..