You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you’re making a fiction film, it’s entertainment, but you want it to be as real as possible. – Robert Duvall
I hope I left behind a legacy that people will enjoy. But whatever they want to say, I can’t predict. – Robert Duvall
I wanted to show that crime doesn’t pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment. – Robert Duvall
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. – Robert Duvall
Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there’s always room for good films. – Robert Duvall
We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There’s got to be something hereafter. – Robert Duvall
I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience. – Robert Duvall
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. – Robert Duvall
You know, Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot of people from New York don’t know what goes on beyond the South Jersey Shore. – Robert Duvall
Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic. – Robert Duvall
Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn’t the beginning or end for filmmaking. – Robert Duvall
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! – Robert Duvall
You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it’s so rich. – Robert Duvall
Some people say, ‘Do you have any theories on acting?’ And I say, well maybe: I think you can start with zero and end with zero. You don’t have to go anywhere, you don’t have to go for the result. – Robert Duvall
I can always grow a little bit, and try to do something different. So I’m always looking for what’s out there – the potential. – Robert Duvall
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. – Robert Duvall
I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes. – Robert Duvall
The money part is one of the most difficult things. Coppola always said I should do a tango movie. If it hadn’t been for him, I don’t know where we would have gotten the money. – Robert Duvall
