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> [It's like kids playing house: 'You play the father, I'll play the mother.' You know, you dress up, you play, they pay, you go home. It's a game - acting's a game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/it-s-like-kids-playing-house-you-play-the-father-i-ll-play-the-mother/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

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## More by Robert Duvall

> [You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it's so rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/you-get-below-the-mason-dixon-line-and-you-have-some-of-the-best/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/you-have-a-little-bit-of-feeling-for-everyone-you-play/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, 'Godfather I' and 'Godfather II,' and 'Lonesome Dove.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/i-was-fortunate-in-the-last-century-to-be-in-the-two-biggest-hits/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [Art is competitive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/art-is-competitive/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/very-often-some-of-the-religious-miracle-plays-you-see-on-television/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/i-always-considered-myself-as-a-character-actor-i-always-try-to-be/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/hollywood-sometimes-tends-to-patronize-the-interior-of-the-united/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [Sometimes you don't prepare much. I mean, when I did 'Lonesome Dove' way back I rode horses day and night for like three or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/sometimes-you-don-t-prepare-much-i-mean-when-i-did-lonesome-dove-way/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/hollywood-is-still-the-mecca-for-good-or-bad-but-it-isn-t-the/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse to just work a little bit with every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/i-wouldn-t-mind-starting-to-ride-some-more-if-i-had-a-really-good/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [Well, it's like my movie, 'The Apostle.' Some people in the North don't get that movie. They think that, in the South, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/well-it-s-like-my-movie-the-apostle-some-people-in-the-north-don-t/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/spending-two-years-on-my-uncle-s-ranch-in-montana-as-a-young-man-gave/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [There's no right or wrong just truthful or untruthful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/there-s-no-right-or-wrong-just-truthful-or-untruthful/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [Never use money to measure wealth, son.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/never-use-money-to-measure-wealth-son/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

> [I like the good feeling movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/i-like-the-good-feeling-movies/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

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