There's something very truthful about American brutality, spirit and myth-making that is so present in the great westerns. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
I like fiction set in the South, and I'm a fan of literary westerns. — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I decided I was only going to watch Westerns for a few months. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
'Slow West' is a western, and it's sort of a twist on the genre stylistically, I think, from what I understand going… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
“It’s been fifteen years since I’ve killed a man. At least a man against whom I held a grudge.” — L.J. Martin Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of period pieces, and I'm a big fan of the old-time westerns. — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
I love westerns. It's guys being guys. There's no room for frilly stuff. — Jason Statham Copy Share Image
People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It's a… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The marriage between the fantasy and the Westerns is that thing of, if people think you're the best gunslinger around, they're going… — Kieran Bew Copy Share Image
Fandango is not really a Western. It's really just set in Texas. It's a road picture. And then I did one that… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
As much as I love the Western genre, I figured if I kept doing those, I'd eventually run out of steam on… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
What made us different from other westerns was the fact that 'Gunsmoke' wasn't just action and a lot of shooting; they were… — James Arness Copy Share Image
It seems like the Western genre has crept out of its casings during the last few years, and expanded to include books… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
My respect for Westerns have gone way, way up. It's hard and treacherous work. It's hard to find people these days who… — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
The western will always be here. And it just depends on how good you make one. And one movie doesn't kill it.… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
In a traditional Western there's always the bravado, and it's almost like they're winking that they know they're in a Western -… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Westerns were always my favorite things when I was little. And it always bothered me when cowboys were too clean in movies,… — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
Your basic physical makeup does influence the parts you're offered. If you're big, they cast you either dumb or tough, although there… — Bill Fagerbakke Copy Share Image
If one were to go back to the '50s, the most popular TV genre on the air in the United States were… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“That era provided a profusion of wonderful actors and actresses to admire—and not always the ones remembered by posterity. Take Joel McCrea,… — Robert Wagner Copy Share Image
Don't ever for a minute make the mistake of looking down your nose at westerns. They're art - the good ones, I… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
My dad started to watch westerns at dollar cinemas in Seoul and felt like America was a miraculous place. His family had… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
The Westerns have probably affected me more than any one thing, Western-related material. I love Westerns. — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
You know, Alundra Blayze, with her looks could star in TV westerns...if she had two more legs. — Jerry Lawler Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in the '60s I would have thought that westerns would last forever. — Joe Dante Copy Share Image
“Westerns have often been considered the ugly stepchild of genre writing...” — Johnny D. Boggs Copy Share Image
I wanted to star in a western opposite Robert Redford. That was my plan for my life — Dyan Cannon Copy Share Image
I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West. — Ken Curtis Copy Share Image
In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
All I really want to do is someday be in a western. If I could be on a horse with a rifle,… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
I really want to do a western film. It's one of my favorite movie genres of all time. — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned. They are the same today as they were years ago. — Glenn Ford Copy Share Image
The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I tend to lean more towards the Westerns of the 40s and 50s as opposed to the 60s and 70s. They get… — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is… — Barry Corbin Copy Share Image
I always knew I wanted to do a Western. And trying to think of what that would be, I always figured that… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Audiences trust Westerns when you hit the right tone. I think they're not in vogue, but they will always be in vogue… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
“On romance books: We might assume then that men, major consumers of thrillers, westerns, and detective fiction, enjoy being beaten up, tortured,… — Daphne Clair Copy Share Image
