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I live a pretty simple life.
Life isn't fair, but you can be.
Son, never throw a punch at a redwood.
My first priority is time with my family.
Risk is the price you pay for opportunity.
All I see is people out there who are hungry for more.
I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical
You know I grew up watching the TV series The Rifleman.
I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical.
My mustache gets so many questions he has his own agen now.
I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do
Im a registered independent with a lot of libertarian leanings.
Do you like my suit? I think this is an amazing suit, don't you think?
You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood.
Hopefully you marry someone who you not only love, but who you like as well.
We judge ourselves by our good intentions, but we're judged by our last word.
Few of us are as good as we think we are; none of us are as good as we can be.
You don't do characters that are the same as you, otherwise why bother to act?
I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful.
Unless you treat failure as part of the journey, you're never going to get anywhere.
If you buy an expensive thing and you never use it, I don't think there's a point to it.
People tracking your life and photographing you anywhere you go, that can make you crazy.
I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk
I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk.
And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine
And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine.
Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know... It's just good entertainment.
I haven't made a political statement in quite a long time because, frankly, they get repeated, changed.
Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.
I think there have been more movies in the Western genre than any other. I grew up watching those movies.
I hate going to the gym, so sweating outdoors sure beats sitting on a stationary bike staring at my navel.
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!
I don't think you should do something just to prove to an audience that you can do it, that's way out of your wheelhouse.
I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't think there's quite as much innovation.
At my age, turning gray is kind of a blessing, where it softens all of the other horrible things it does to you, but it is what it is.
It's not that conservatives don't care. We do. We just have different answers than liberals do. It's a difference of the mind, not of the heart.
I never try to pander to an audience, and I'm really not concerned with my image. I'm far more interested in stretching my abilities as an actor.
I feel the other element of a western is the land, which is very important in this movie. I mean the land is another character in the piece, actually
I quit 'Magnum' to have a family. It took a long time to get off the train, but I try very hard to have balance, and this ranch has helped me do that.
I feel the other element of a western is the land, which is very important in this movie. I mean the land is another character in the piece, actually.
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 life.
Which to this day is a source of enormous guilt, because I left with three classes to go in the business school to sign a contract with 20th Century Fox.
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 something else
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 something else.
Television's grown up a lot. It's a little more adult, which I think is a good thing. It allows actors to tell more complex stories. I'm happy to see where it ends up.
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 wasn't really much confusion
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 wasn't really much confusion.
I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol. Do I think I'm sexy? No, that's someone else's judgment, and I honestly don't think you can try to be sexy and really succeed.