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

•  "Annette Bening was very serious, very real and very truthful. She added wonderful things to the film."

•  "Around my own friends, I like to mess around."

•  "Everybody likes to win. One of the biggest disappointments was when I didn't get an Emmy for Lonesome Dove. It's political. It can be a popularity contest."

•  "God does guide the lives of individuals and does fill them with the Holy Ghost."

•  "High Noon is a pretty corny movie."

•  "Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking."