Action Quote by James Arness

Westerns aren't about the gunfight, even though it has to be there at one point. It's not what they're about, at least the good…

— Kevin Costner

The western is the simplest form of drama - a gun, death.

— Howard Hawks

I was raised on Westerns. They were part of what going into the movies was.

— Tobin Bell

Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It's intrinsic to the American…

— Nick Cave

I think that the Western went away for a while because part of its function was that it used to be America's action film.

— Paul Dano

I think there have been more movies in the Western genre than any other. I grew up watching those movies.

— Tom Selleck

It seems like the Western genre has crept out of its casings during the last few years, and expanded to include books and movies…

— Elizabeth Crook

When I was a young kid, almost every other show on television was a Western. And some of them were part of my childhood,…

— Tony Todd

In the mid to late nineteenth century, the gun manufacturers recognized that they had a limited market. Remember that this is a capitalist society,…

— Noam Chomsky

Westerns are fun. I wish more of them would be made. When you're out there on a set, carrying a gun, riding a horse,…

— Ricky Schroder

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 - "Look how…

— Ti West

Suddenly, Westerns, which were our action films and what the working man went to see to blow off steam and have a good time,…

— Quentin Tarantino