I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series.

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What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's...

What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's...

I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled.

I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled.

This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think,...

This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think,...

The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody.

The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody.

Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind...

Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind...

This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.

This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.

I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do....

I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do....

You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the...

You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the...

I love England and the historical aspect of it.

I love England and the historical aspect of it.

Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was...

Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was...

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up...

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up...

You can change a person's life in an instant; put him in a movie, and...

You can change a person's life in an instant; put him in a movie, and...

The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun.

The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun.

When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in...

When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in...

I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.

I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.

There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school.

There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school.

I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who...

I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who...

I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically...

I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically...

I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.

I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.

I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody...

I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody...