Risk is the price you pay for opportunity..

The two things that will defeat a lot of young actors are fear of failure and lack of preparation. With acting, I didn't have a problem with either o….

On a day when you're not feeling so good, you put on a happy face, it's infectious - these things sound kind of corny and stupid, but this is our lif….

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

I guess after Dances With Wolves they probably tried some derivative westerns, and if they didn't work, they said the western is dead and moved on to….

Hopefully you marry someone who you not only love, but who you like as well..

Unless you treat failure as part of the journey, you're never going to get anywhere..

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 indeli….

It is scary for an actor when you get hired as a lead. No matter what the plot is, it is your job to do something interesting enough to make them wan….

The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character..

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

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

Few of us are as good as we think we are; none of us are as good as we can be..

We judge ourselves by our good intentions, but we're judged by our last word..

If a guy as good and decent with as much grace as Chuck Heston can stand up for an issue that I think is very important ... then I certainly could st….

I've learned by hanging out in Hollywood, where I disagree politically with most people, that most people's hearts are in the right place, and the on….

Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usuall….

Life isn't fair, but you can be..

My mustache gets so many questions he has his own agen now..

There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there….

I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical.