Daryl Hannah likes to goof around with fashion, but she does have pretty impeccable taste.
Being creative and making money in the theater is very challenging.
Acting is very immediate.
A lot of old guys in movies are like cowboys – they talk like cowboys and they dress like cowboys.
I have two children and they’re young yet but all of the children that I know really inspire me.
I was in love with Tina Goodman since I was three and her parents came popping out of the trash cans. I think it made a big impression on me.
There’s nothing good about divorce.
Why do women get paid less money? It doesn’t make any sense.
It hurts. I miss my kids. I miss my kids in so many ways that I can’t explain.
I never had a business plan. I did, actually – I’m lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and I did; that was great. And then my second business plan was to get lucky again, and there, I faltered.
New Mexico is my home. It has never been anything but home. The ranch has rivers and canyon, everything imaginable. I can ride, hunt and fish. At the same time, ranching is grueling, difficult work. It’s like acting, to be successful at it, you have to work hard. I take it very seriously.
Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without any success.
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.
My perception is that I’ve never done anything but work really hard.
Acting is not a science. Anybody who believes that their success exists in relation to their goals is deluding themselves; unless you think of a career in terms of financial goals. I have nothing against Tom Cruise, but he must have a large capacity to deal with the business side of movies.
It may or may not sound pretentious. But I’ve turned down, consciously and specifically, many jobs I knew would have been a pretty surefire way to go about making a lot of money, being recognized and gaining power in the industry.
Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I’ve had in my business is very few people – unfortunately, very vocal – confusing the difficult role that I play with me. I play these guys, but I’m not like them. I’ve been accused of bein.
My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they’re absolutely original and completely self-made.
Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don’t want to be told how to define my future.