Classic Quote by Steve Martin
“I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.”
![“I'm running out of time, and a Western is America's answer to a Greek tragedy, so that's what we did. [Kiefer] hired Brad [Mirman] to write the script and he had the ideas, and then he and I did stuff on the script to make it a little cleaner to ourselves. And then, we played it. We were just…” quote by Donald Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0aa/donald-sutherland-14225_actors_i-m-running-out-of-time-and-a-western-is_3194083.jpg)
![“From Ennio [Morricone] I ask for themes that clothe my characters easily. He's never read a script of mine to compose the music, because many times he's composed the music before the script is ever written.” quote by Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4cb/sergio-leone-7185_asks_from-ennio-morricone-i-ask-for-themes-th_2026010.jpg)
