Even 'Bonanza' was derivative of other westerns and, of course, other westerns were derivative of 'Bonanza.' — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl. — Gary Cooper Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his horse. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
All stories boil down to good vs. evil, and that's what the archetypal American Western was. — W. Earl Brown Copy Share Image
I like westerns; I like the people I work with and I like working outdoors. — Robert Fuller Copy Share Image
I love Westerns, and 'Back To The Future III' is one of my favorite movies. — Brian Quinn Copy Share Image
Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place. — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer… — Elmer Bernstein Copy Share Image
There are a lot of westerns that deal with people standing up for their principles, and that is the predominant theme that… — Rod Lurie 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
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
“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
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
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 liked doing comedies, but as I got older I was better suited to do Westerns. Because I think it becomes unattractive… — Joel McCrea Copy Share Image
“It came to him that he had turned away from the buffalo not because of a womanish nausea at blood and stench… — John Williams Copy Share Image
When I came in, Westerns were the big thing, so I did horse falls, transfers, bulldogs, big fights. That's where you could… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
Westerns just thematically, as a genre, have kind of a few tent poles that I really admire, and one of them is… — Kiefer Sutherland Copy Share Image
The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I created 'The Westerner' because of anger - anger at never-miss sheriffs, always-right marshalls, whitewashed gunfighters ... anger at TV's quick-draw tin… — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
Yakima Canutt was famously John Wayne's stunt double, and in the Western movie 'Stagecoach,' there is a fantastic scene where there are… — Steve Truglia Copy Share Image
But you know, I'm very conscious that people criticize Hollywood. Yet we've created a form, the Western, that can be understood in… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
![“The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you just go out and try to make one by putting on boots and jumping on a horse and riding off... If you don't have the material, the characters and the things to overcome and…” quote by Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/clint-eastwood-513_book_the-story-for-the-western-genre-is-every_2561060.jpg)
