I mean, the trouble with some of the kind of relationship movies I've done, is there's only so many ways you can shoot a conversation. I was really tired of talking heads.

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I mean, I really liked those guys and the experience of doing Raiders was really...

I mean, I really liked those guys and the experience of doing Raiders was really...

Almost every other Western in the last ten years has failed, since Dances with Wolves.

Almost every other Western in the last ten years has failed, since Dances with Wolves.

But, I think that the reason I responded to this book, sort of paradoxically, is...

But, I think that the reason I responded to this book, sort of paradoxically, is...

I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me...

I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me...

Any story that Billy Wilder told, you can tell in a Western.

Any story that Billy Wilder told, you can tell in a Western.

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing,...

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing,...

That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie...

That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie...

The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and...

The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and...

I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I...

I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I...

It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough...

It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough...

And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like...

And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like...

I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist - those were...

I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist - those were...

I haven't seen Clones, which has been during this period when I haven't seen much...

I haven't seen Clones, which has been during this period when I haven't seen much...

With Westerns you have the landscape is important, and it's empty, and only you populate...

With Westerns you have the landscape is important, and it's empty, and only you populate...

I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma's best movies.

I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma's best movies.

I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes.

I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes.

The kind of pace that you want to use in a Western - just to...

The kind of pace that you want to use in a Western - just to...

What you hope for, like Unforgiven did a lot to give you a chance to...

What you hope for, like Unforgiven did a lot to give you a chance to...

But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't...

But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't...

You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.