I wouldn't call it ["Wild Bill Hickok"] an urban legend, but I guess I'd call it a rural legend that the cowboy was always soft-spoken, mild-spoken, well-mannered.

You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub.

But I love to be outdoors. I prefer being outdoors to, you know, being inside.

And so I love films that are kind of rural in atmosphere. And you know, it's just a nice place to be day after day. All be it, it can be hard, it can be hard work. You can get hot.

The Western genre is certainly something with which I'm familiar.

I like the Western genre, I think it's uniquely American.

He was definitely known as the foremost man killer in the West; however there's controversy about virtually every killing that he was known to have been involved in.

Well you know I've been fan of Tony Hillerman's books for years.

I can't put bars on my insides; my love is something I can't hide.

One of the wonderful things about the actor's life is that's what we have the opportunity to do; we bring all these aspects of ourselves and of our personal lives into the work that we do.

You have to realize that Mel [Gibson], he's a funny guy. He's got a wicked sense of humor.

God put a certain potential into us that is totally sufficient to carry out the assigned task

Magic is neither good nor evil. It merely is.

Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else.

Revenge proves its own executioner.

Andrea Gibson is a truly American poet, or rather, she represents the America I want to live in. Her work lights a candle to lead us where we need to go.

I need Harry Potter like a grindylow needs water.

If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.

It seemed impossible to make an appealing show about bulimia. I mean, it's my story, and even I don't wanna watch that. Plus, everybody told me not to - I like a challenge.

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately.

I always do my draft in long hand because even the ink is part of the flow.