Sam Elliott

“I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work yo...”

“I spent a lot of time growing up in Oregon after I left California. Spent a lot of time in the woods.”

“I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.”

“I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad.”

“I think the people that most often cross a line are comedians. I think they relish that, and take pride in that on some level - at least, from what little I've seen and understand about peop...”

“I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.”

“I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.”

“I'm a sixth-generation Texan, even though I was born in California.”