American - Actor | May 21, 1970 -
Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
Taylor Sheridan
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Bad people sometimes do good things, and good people do really bad things or do something the audience disagrees with.
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I work very hard to line up stereotypes and then smash them with a hammer.
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People in Texas wear cowboy hats; they're good at keeping the sun off your neck and face.
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I can recognize a good actor. I can recognize someone that can convey emotion and that has the essence and not get lost in the minutia of, 'Well, that person's got red hair, and so does the other.' Some of the decisions in casting that seem so important at the time, until you get on set and you're starting to shoot.
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If you want to get an email to Robert Redford, you send it to his assistant, and she prints it out. And then he will write you a letter, which is incredibly rare and incredibly classy. Unfortunately, I can't be that removed from technology.
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I don't write tracking shots in my screenplays or any camera directions, but I do try to give a sense of how the action is moving.
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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For me, the greatest thing a movie can do is rivet you while you're watching but also give you something to chew on for days and weeks after you've seen it.
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There's not a lot of pure evil in the world, but it's amazing how little it takes to do great damage.
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I was surprised by how much I liked 'Hacksaw Ridge' and its depth.
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In 2005, I visited my home state of Texas, spending time on a ranch outside the town of Post. Then spending some time on a large ranch outside Archer City. I was taken by just how few young people I saw anywhere.
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