American - Actor | January 5, 1931 -
Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.
Robert Duvall
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The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife.
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One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.
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There was nothing wrong with shouting at God.
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I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.
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Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot of people from New York don't know what goes on beyond the South Jersey Shore.
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You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction film, it's entertainment, but you want it to be as real as possible.
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I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment.
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High Noon is a pretty corny movie.
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When I knew nothing, I thought I could do anything.
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Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. People talk about being bigger than life - but there's nothing bigger than life.
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What drives me is I love my profession. I love to do it.
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