When I Do A Western, I Often

Real Heroes Are Men Who Fall And Fail And Are Flawed, But Win Out In The End Because They've Stayed True To Their Ideals And Beliefs And Commitments.

I've Been Able To Do A Lot Of Things In The Movies. I've Been Able To Run With The Buffalo, You Know. I've Been Able To Pitch A Perfect Game In Yankee Stadium. I've Been In The Bathtub With Susan Sarandon. I've Had A Lot Of Chances To Do A Lot Of Things. I Enjoy Sports, But I Enjoy Sports So Much To The Point That I Wouldn't Do The Movie Unless I Thought It Had A Chance To Be Good.

I'm Not Defining My Band By Other People's Music, But By My Own.

I Don't Feel The Need To Direct. I Tried To Get Other People To Direct Dances, But They Wouldn't Do It. They All Thought It Was Too Long. One Director Wanted To Cut The Civil War Sequence. Another Thought The White Woman Was Very Cliched.

When You Try To Portray People's Lives, You Try To Make Sure You Don't Portray Them As Clowns And That You Give Them A Level Of Dignity. You Don't Try To Change Their Persona, But You Try To Understand That They Had Unique Problems, Set In A Century That You Don't Live.