You just can't take a crash course to be a tango dancer in a movie.

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My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher.

My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher.

I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse...

I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse...

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So...

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So...

I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning.

I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but...

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but...

You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right....

You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right....

I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like...

I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like...

We either accept weaknesses in good people or we have to tear pages out of...

We either accept weaknesses in good people or we have to tear pages out of...

Around my own friends, I like to mess around.

Around my own friends, I like to mess around.

High Noon is a pretty corny movie.

High Noon is a pretty corny movie.

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

It's a cyclical thing. When they make one, everyone loves them. Different genres come around...

It's a cyclical thing. When they make one, everyone loves them. Different genres come around...

You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture,...

You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture,...

It's no big thing, but you make big things out of little things sometimes.

It's no big thing, but you make big things out of little things sometimes.

The money part is one of the most difficult things. Coppola always said I should...

The money part is one of the most difficult things. Coppola always said I should...

I like to do things that I develop from the ground up.

I like to do things that I develop from the ground up.

Although it wasn't that easy to do, it was wonderful working with John Wayne.

Although it wasn't that easy to do, it was wonderful working with John Wayne.

Too many people think that economics is this subject that should wait until the university...

Too many people think that economics is this subject that should wait until the university...