Quotes about Westerns

I never dreamed I would do Westerns Votes: 3

I really liked the Mariachi singing in Westerns. Votes: 3

I knew that I was going to do Westerns. I like 'em. Votes: 3

Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Votes: 3

I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films. Votes: 3

I handle my emotional pain with music and old movies, preferably Westerns. Votes: 3

I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride. Votes: 3

You have to turn a blind eye to politics in nearly all Westerns. Votes: 3

In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl. Votes: 3

Westerns are very difficult to predict whether they'll reach an audience or not. Votes: 3

Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business. Votes: 3

Spaghetti Westerns are really brutal and operatic with a surreal quality to the violence. Votes: 3

People are always asking me why they don't make Westerns like they used to. Votes: 3

I would love to do a Western again if Westerns came back into fashion. Votes: 3

Westerns pop up every so often, everybody does a western and then they all die. Votes: 3

I was raised on Westerns. They were part of what going into the movies was. Votes: 3

I love Westerns. I really love John Wayne. Frank Capra, any of his movies I love. Votes: 3

I grew up on genre - on Westerns, spy thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy novels, horror novels. Especially horror novels. Votes: 3

Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned. They are the same today as they were years ago. Votes: 3

After 'Baby Doll,' I did some Westerns. I would try to do something so far away from 'Baby Doll.' Votes: 3

The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character. Votes: 3

I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, nonfiction, memoir. I've even read Westerns. I prefer female protagonists. Votes: 3

I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse. Votes: 3

Comedy, drama, Westerns, sci-fi... it's all fine if the story's compelling and the character is interesting to me. I do like action a lot. Votes: 3

We recognize ourselves in Westerns, ... I believe the Western can orchestrate moments around reality. The reality can be as entertaining to us as the lie. Votes: 3

I like action films, not exclusively, but I like Samurai films. I like Westerns. Not so much war pictures, but a few. I like kinetic cinema. Votes: 3

Typically, in Westerns, people who are in a Western feel like they're in a Western. It's almost like they know they do all these Western things. Votes: 3

Westerns were all daddy liked to watch. Give me some Clint Eastwood, some Charles Bronson, and I was a happy girl. It was our father-daughter bonding. Votes: 3

The marriage between the fantasy and the Westerns is that thing of, if people think you're the best gunslinger around, they're going to come looking for you. Votes: 3

From the age of four or five. I went to see a lot of Westerns then. But it was silent movies and I loved everything that happened then. Votes: 3

Audiences trust Westerns when you hit the right tone. I think they're not in vogue, but they will always be in vogue when you hit the right note. Votes: 3

There was that last blast of Westerns that came out in the Seventies, those Vietnam/Watergate Westerns where everything was about demystification. And I like that about those movies. Votes: 3

When I was putting the 'Best of Hollywood' book together, I sat down and added up just the list of Westerns I've done, and it came to well over 200. Votes: 3

I would very much like to make Westerns. I love Westerns. I've worked on many Westerns in my youth, in Spain and here, and I love working on them. Votes: 3

I'd like to do a number of films. Westerns. Genre pieces. Maybe another film about Italian Americans where they're not gangsters, just to prove that not all Italians are gangsters. Votes: 3

My respect for Westerns have gone way, way up. It's hard and treacherous work. It's hard to find people these days who can ride horses like that and jump onto trains. Votes: 3

Eventually I would like to touch all the genres. I would like to do some detective stories, and I want to do a Western. I would want to do humorous Westerns." Votes: 3

Eventually I would like to touch all the genres. I would like to do some detective stories, and I want to do a Western. I would want to do humorous Westerns. Votes: 3

I'm not a great science fiction fan myself. I probably feel that way about Westerns. Like I used to play Cowboys and Indians, they can act out Will and the Robot. Votes: 3

Red Dawn was really the most fun I ever had making a movie, because I love Westerns, and I love the idea of being a tomboy, and riding horses and shooting guns. Votes: 3

Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted to do was to play gangsters and cowboys in movies. Votes: 3

Of course, we talked about Westerns we like with [James Ransone in Valley of Violence] , but it was always thematically in relation to the movie and what the themes of the movie were. Votes: 3

I love researching, whether it's old Western documentaries or old Western country singers or John Ford Westerns, which are heavily influenced by family values, which so many of these country songs are related to. Votes: 3

I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate film. You have a much more direct association with the emotions. Votes: 3

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, you kind of get lost in that make believe world. Votes: 3

I sort of got into Westerns... It was a sort of desperation move, really. I had several pictures that didn't go very well, and I just realised that I would have to try something else. Votes: 3

It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable. Votes: 3

I have been guilty of watching Westerns without acknowledging that Native Americans have gone through the same madness as African Americans. Isn't it extraordinary that sometimes the most offended have not seen others being offended? Votes: 3

With Westerns you have the landscape is important, and it's empty, and only you populate it. When you populate it, you can tell any kind story that Shakespeare told, you can tell in a Western. Votes: 3

History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns - gasp - describe the West. Techno-thriller readers expect to learn something about technology from their fiction. Votes: 3

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 ones. It's about the drama. It's about the resourcefulness of men and women. Votes: 3

In France, it's always about life, normal life. We always stick with these realistic things. So when French people are dreaming about American movies, they go and see the thrillers, and Westerns, and science fiction, huge entertaining movies. Votes: 3

I was always a fan of the great old spaghetti Westerns, the Sergio Leone films. But the one that always sticks with me, that I just thought was brilliant and perfect is "Cat Ballou." Lee Marvin in "Cat Ballou." Votes: 3

Suddenly, Westerns, which were our action films and what the working man went to see to blow off steam and have a good time, became boring to most people growing up from the Eighties on, because they're kind of pastoral. Votes: 3

In Hollywood Westerns even in the Thirties and Forties, history was mythologized to accommodate some kind of moral code. And what really affects me deeply is when you see it taken to the extent where Native Americans become mythical people. Votes: 3

When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters. Votes: 3

Unless a Western's made money - doesn't matter who made the money, doesn't matter what the subject is - if the last one didn't make any money, you can't make another one for a four-year period. Westerns more than any genre. Votes: 3

I watched Westerns from the time I was a girl. My dad was a big Western fan. I always loved Clint Eastwood movies and 'Westworld', where the guy gets trapped in a western-themed amusement park. The western motif was fascinating to me. Votes: 3

I watched Westerns from the time I was a girl. My dad was a big Western fan. I always loved Clint Eastwood movies and Westworld, where the guy gets trapped in a western-themed amusement park. The western motif was fascinating to me. Votes: 3

I always knew I wanted to do a Western. And trying to think of what that would be, I always figured that if I did a Western, it would have a lot of the aesthetics of Spaghetti Westerns, because I really like them. Votes: 3

When I was working my way up, it seemed to me that only Westerns and 'Star Treks' or sci-fi movies could afford to get away with presenting the problems - like prejudice and desegregation, for instance - that we face in our everyday lives. Votes: 3

The thing that influenced me most in relation to 'Nanny McPhee' were the Westerns I watched with my father. All the Spaghetti Westerns; all the Virginians; all the High Chaparrals. Because if you think about the form, it's a stranger from out of town. Votes: 3

People had their image of what a cowboy was, ... A lot of it was perpetuated by the media presentations of the cowboys in fiction and old Westerns. And because of the tenure of the times, African-Americans were left out. As a result, reality was distorted. Votes: 3

If you talk about genres - I don't care if you're talking about war, Westerns, science fiction, horror, fantasy, humor, romance - anything you can find, strolling the aisles of a Borders or a Barnes & Noble, I can bring you many comic books representing each genre. Votes: 3

I just watched so many Westerns as a kid that you end up using archetypes and sort of tropes of that genre, because there's a language there and you can twist it and turn it on its head or play to it or go sideways at any time. Votes: 3

There is no other genre that deals with America better, in a subtextual way, than the Westerns being made in the different decades. The '50s Westerns very much put forth an Eisenhower idea of America, whereas the Westerns of the '70s were very cynical about America. Votes: 3

Even the Westerns that I grew up with, the Sergio Leone's and all that, there was always a sort of anti-hero, a guy reluctant to shame even, to pick up the gun again because he wants to help other people, and he does, he uses his skills for that. Votes: 3

Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that person can deliver for them. Everything is fear based, so they pigeonhole people. But I've written everything, from Westerns to sci-fi to dramedy, I've done it all. Votes: 3

I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There were a lot of pulp magazines, like 'Dime Western' and '10 Story Western' that were still being published. The better ones paid two cents a word. And I thought, 'I like Westerns.' Votes: 3

Sci-fi films are as dead as westerns. Votes: 0

I am not a fan of westerns particularly. Votes: 0

I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them. Votes: 0

I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western. Votes: 0

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Votes: 0

I love westerns. John Ford is one of the 10 best directors. Votes: 0

Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns. Votes: 0

I want to be able to make westerns like Akira Kurosawa makes westerns. Votes: 0

Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns. Votes: 0

I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism. Votes: 0

I think women have always been considered objects, especially in the genre of westerns. Votes: 0

I've always been really hot on westerns. All my life growing up, cowboy, cowboy, cowboy. Votes: 0

In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures. Votes: 0

Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know... It's just good entertainment. Votes: 0

I'm a big fan of period pieces, and I'm a big fan of the old-time westerns. Votes: 0

When I was growing up in the '60s I would have thought that westerns would last forever. Votes: 0

You know, Alundra Blayze, with her looks could star in TV westerns...if she had two more legs. Votes: 0

My parents were huge fans of westerns, European cinema, and horror in particular. They wouldn't just show me kids' films. Votes: 0

I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids. Votes: 0

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West. Votes: 0

In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments. Votes: 0

The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate. Votes: 0

I think that most of the best movies made in America in the 20th century were crime dramas, screwball comedies and westerns. Votes: 0

Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy. Votes: 0

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns. Votes: 0

There's something great about terrible westerns. They look like gay dancers and bad, overwrought dialogue and overacting, black and white sped up horses. Votes: 0

The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot. Votes: 0

Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns. Votes: 0

All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world. Votes: 0

I just love westerns. One of my favourite actors is John Wayne, probably one of the most underrated actors there's ever been. He's quite an incredible actor. Votes: 0

In the John Wayne movies, the Indians were savages that were trying to scalp you. That culture has really suffered because of the stereotype you see in those westerns. Votes: 0

I guess after Dances With Wolves they probably tried some derivative westerns, and if they didn't work, they said the western is dead and moved on to something else Votes: 0

Probably the greatest writer of westerns himself was Homer. His character were never all good or all bad. They're half and half, these characters, as all human beings are. Votes: 0

I guess after Dances With Wolves they probably tried some derivative westerns, and if they didn't work, they said the western is dead and moved on to something else. Votes: 0

By the end of the 50s, everything began to collapse and, little by little, I lost all of my work. I lost Rex, the Wonder Dog and all the westerns. Votes: 0

People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It's a simpler time. There's no organized laws and stuff. Votes: 0

I initially studied literature [in France], and then I went to cinema school. I discovered the Cinematheque, and saw not only action movies and westerns, but also lots of serious movies. Votes: 0

The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with existential philosophy and modern theories of psychology and sociology. Votes: 0

I got hooked on TV westerns back in the early sixties when I was about five, mostly because my brother was addicted to them and wouldn't let me watch anything else. Votes: 0

I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. Votes: 0

It seems like the Western genre has crept out of its casings during the last few years, and expanded to include books and movies we wouldn't originally have thought of as westerns. Votes: 0

I think that my films are westerns only in their exterior aspects. Within them are some of my truths, which happily, I see, belong to lots of parts of the world. Not just America. Votes: 0

I can't go to bed with John Wayne, so I do the next best thing: I go to bed with my girlfriend, who once met the great man. That's how much I love westerns. Votes: 0

I was always the bad guy in westerns. I played more bad guys than you can shake a stick at until I played the Professor. Then I couldn't get a job being a bad guy. Votes: 0

The defining aspects of westerns are still pretty much in place - namely landscape and conflict. In other books the conflict can be internal, but in westerns it usually plays out on a big stage. Votes: 0

Clint Eastwood said, the only things America has contributed to civilization are the western and jazz. And I don't think westerns are bad, but lots of people make great cinema. But jazz is right there. Votes: 0