Quotes from Robert Duvall

You gotta be careful with message movies. People say "What do you want people to take away from it?" I always say its totally individual.

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 don't shout, you can't play one of those guys.

The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife.

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.

My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

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.

As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while.

I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

I'm a man without a corporation.

Sometimes directors will hire you and say, 'Oh, we love your work.' And then they start to tell you how to do it. I say, 'Hey, man, back off. You hired me to do it. Let me do it.'

I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet!

Everybody likes to win.

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general.

I take a vitamin every day; it's called a steak.