Do Ya' Feel Lucky, Punk?

If Anybody Asks Me What I Attribute The Longevity Of My Career To, Then I Say It's Because I Was Never Satisfied With Being A Cowboy In The Plains Of Spain And Later I Was Never Satisfied With Just Playing A Detective In San Francisco, And Constantly Just Pushing The Envelope.

I Just Think It Is Important That You Realize, That You're The Best In The World. Whether You Are A Democrat Or Republican Or Whether You're Libertarian Or Whatever, You Are The Best. And We Should Not Ever Forget That. And When Somebody Does Not Do The Job, We Got To Let Them Go.

The Story [for The Western Genre] Is Everything. Whether It's A Book Or A Screenplay, The Story Drives Everything. And If You Just Go Out And Try To Make One By Putting On Boots And Jumping On A Horse And Riding Off... If You Don't Have The Material, The Characters And The Things To Overcome And Conflicts That Give Life To Drama, You Don't Have It.

You Are Always Hoping That Movie Audiences Are Interested In Characters And Interested In Story Values Rather Than Just Mindless Special Effects. But You Never Know.

Ever Notice How You Come Across Somebody Once In A While You Shouldn't Have Messed With? That's Me.