Although It Wasn't That Easy To Do,

My Uncle Always Said That I Could Have Been A Rancher.

Sometimes Directors Will Hire You And Say, 'oh, We Love Your Work.' And Then They Start To Tell You How To Do It. I Say, 'hey, Man, Back Off. You Hired Me To Do It. Let Me Do It.'

I've Always Remembered Something Sanford Meisner, My Acting Teacher, Told Us. When You Create A Character, It's Like Making A Chair, Except Instead Of Making Someting Out Of Wood, You Make It Out Of Yourself. That's The Actor's Craft - Using Yourself To Create A Character.

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 General.

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 America's Genre.